On Friday Eastern Time, the three major US stock indexes collectively closed higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.17% and the S&P 500 index hitting a new closing high; The Nasdaq rose 0.9%, with a cumulative increase of 3.5% this week; The S&P 500 index rose 0.54%, with a cumulative increase of 1.95% this week, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 index hitting new closing highs.