• The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 205.6 points, or 0.81 percent, to 25,574.73, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 19.33 points, or 0.70percent, to 2,767.56 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 58.21 points, or 0.81 percent, to 7,211.78.
Wall Street closed at record highs on Thursday as rising oil prices lifted energy stocks and investors bet on a strong U.S. corporate earnings season.
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• Asian shares clawed back slight gains on Friday after finishing slightly lower in the last session, with most major indexes in the region tracking the strong lead from Wall Street.
• Japan's Nikkei 225 hovered near the flat line in the early going, with declines seen in major automakers and technology names: Toyota shed0.47 percent, Honda lost 0.92 percent and Sony was off by 0.39 percent.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC
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