U.S. stocks rose, lifting the S&P 500 to its fifth consecutive weekly gain, after a string of upbeat earnings helped reassure investors that the market is on solid footing. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 136.42 points, or 0.5%, to 25462.58. The S&P 500 was up 0.5%, to 25,436 while the Nasdaq Composite edged up 9.33 points, or 0.1%, to 7812.01. For the week, the Dow industrials rose less than 0.1%, the S&P 500 rose 0.5% and the NASDAQ advanced 1%. Stocks were steady after Labor Department data Friday showed U.S. nonfarm payrolls rose a seasonally adjusted 157,000 in July, less than the 190,000 that economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had expected. Still, over a broader period, job growth looks strong, analysts said-with the pace of hiring through the first seven months of this year rising from last year's average through July. Robust economic data and corporate earnings have helped keep investors relatively optimistic in recent months, even as global trade tensions have ratcheted higher. After reporting solid revenue and profit gains this week, Apple became the first U.S. company to surpass $1 trillion in market value. On Friday, Kellogg shares jumped $2.27, or 3.2%, to $72.15 after the cereal maker raised its full-year guidance Thursday, and Dish Network soared 4.34, or 15%, to 34.20 after posting better-than-expected results. The US gold price gained 0.5% to 1213.3 US$/oz.
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