• The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 32.40 points, or 0.16 percent, to close at 20,100.91, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 1.69 points, or 0.07 percent, to 2,296.68 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 1.16 points, or 0.02 percent, to 5,655.18.
U.S. stocks were little changed on Thursday as investors paused following a two-day rally that pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average above the 20,000 mark, while the latest wave of earnings rolled in.
• Early fourth-quarter earnings have also boosted sentiment and are now expected to show growth of 7 percent, their biggest increase in two years, according to Thomson Reuters data.
• Of the 146 companies that have reported earnings through Thursday morning, 69.2 percent have topped expectations, compared with the 63.6 percent average since 1994.
• Asian shares were steady on Friday and were on track for a solid advance this week, while oil and the dollar held onto gains in the wake of strong U.S. corporate earnings.
• MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was little changed, but on track to end the week up 1.9 percent. Japan's Nikkei .N225 rose 0.3 percent, extending gains for the week to1.7 percent.
Reference: Reuters
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