U.S. Stocks Rise for Fourth Consecutive Week

A broad rally led by energy and financial shares on Friday carried U.S. indexes to their fourth consecutive week of gains, their longest winning streak in more than four months, as investors took heart in signs of improvement in the U.S. economy.
Friday’s rally nearly erased the Dow industrials’ losses for the year, as upbeat U.S. economic readings over the past month have helped soothe investors’ concerns that the country could be headed toward a recession.