U.S. stocks rose at the start of trade Friday as investors took comfort in rising oil prices, which were set to advance for the third straight day after a record slide earlier in the week that took a key oil-futures contract into negative territory, and as Dow component American Express Co. [S: AXP] reported first-quarter earnings that beat expectations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.30% rose 138 points, or 0.6% to 23,649, the S&P 500 index SPX, +0.24% gained 13 points, or 0.
was weighing on the Dow's advance after the chip-maker warned that profit in the second quarter would be lower than expected.
I'd be curious to hear where everyday investors are putting money during these volatile markets.
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