US Stocks Rise as Market Heads for Fifth Gain in a Row

Some U.S. stocks rose Friday morning as the market heads for its fifth gain in a row.Two of the three major stock market indexes, which measure how stocks perform, increased Friday morning while the Nasdaq composite was down.The S&P 500 was up 0.1 percent and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 233 points . Meanwhile, the Nasdaq composite dipped 0.2 percent.How Are Individual Stocks Performing?Gap, the clothing company, saw its stock soar 7.

1 percent after its quarterly earnings forecast fell short of analysts' predictions.How Are the Global Markets Doing?European markets were mostly higher while Asian markets were mixed.Europe MarketsBritain's FTSE 100 climbed 0.7 percent to 8,204.61 while Germany's DAX rose 0.5 percent to 19,248.30. Meanwhile, the CAC 40 in Paris slightly increased 0.2 percent to 7,229.24.Asian MarketsJapan's Nikkei 225 climbed 0.7 percent to 38,283.85. South Korea's Kospi also increased 0.

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