us stocks ended sharply higher friday capping a volatile week that saw big tech shares hammered after a series of disappointing earnings reports while industrials and defensive stocks soared the dow jones industrial average djia ended with a gain of around 828 points or 26 near 32861 according to preliminary figures leaving the bluechip gauge with a weekly gain of 57 and on track for a monthly advanced of 144 that monthly rise would be the dows biggest since january 1976 and the largest october rise on record if it holds up through mondays close the sp 500 spx rose around 94 points or 25 to close near 3901 for a weekly gain of 25 and the techheavy nasdaq composite comp bounced higher by around 310 points or 29 finishing near 11102 swinging to a weekly gain of 22