• World stock markets advanced for a seventh straight session and the dollar strengthened on Friday, buoyed by a round of U.S. economic data highlighted by the monthly payrolls report.
Wall Street also received a boost from a 2.61 percent gain in shares of Apple Inc (AAPL.O), a day after the iPhone maker reported quarterly results.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 22.96 points, or 0.1 percent, to 23,539.22, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 7.99 points, or 0.31 percent, to 2,587.84 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 49.49 points, or 0.74 percent, to 6,764.44.
For the week, the Dow rose 0.45 percent, the S&P gained 0.26 percent and the Nasdaq climbed 0.94 percent. The Dow and S&P have risen for eight straight weeks and the Nasdaq has climbed six weeks in a row.
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• Major Asian indexes searched for direction on Monday as investors digested earnings reports and President Donald Trump's tour of the region got underway.
U.S. stocks had closed higher on Friday despite a mixed jobs report for October as markets focused on strong earnings.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC
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