us stocks finished higher on friday with the nasdaq composite capping off a fifthstraight week in the green and its biggest twoday jump since early february according to factset data the nasdaq rose nearly 500 points between thursday and friday the biggest twoday jump since feb 2 it’s also the first time since feb 3 that the index has risen for five straight weeks on friday the nasdaq rose 27759 points or 22 to finish at 1297569 according to preliminary closing data from factset the index rose 25 this week adding to a 3 gain from the week before the sp 500 rose 5419 points or 13 to 420547 on friday up 03 for the week the dow jones industrial average rose 32869 points or 1 to 3309334 but still finished the week down 1 stocks rose on friday due in part to data on consumer spending and orders of socalled durable goods which suggested the core of the us economy was outperforming at the start of the second quarter meanwhile shares of nvidia corp gained 26 on friday on top of a gain of nearly 25 on thursday after the chipmaker reported a blockbuster secondquarter sales forecast it finished friday at 38946 according to factset