Dip-buying lifted stocks Friday after Thursday's selloff with support from hopeful-sounding comments from President Trump and other officials on the US-China trade war. The Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500, and Nasdaq all rose 0.5 percent. US Treasury yields rose, the dollar declined, and oil prices rose.

Worries over credit problems that hit regional banks on Thursday appeared to be contained on Friday with several analysts downplaying the concern. On trade, the market reacted favorably after President Trump said high bilateral tariffs are not sustainable and"we're going to do fine with China" on trade.

Big technology stocks mostly had a good day to bolster the major indexes. Other outperformers included travel & leisure, parcels & logistics, rails, credit cards, and China tech stocks. Lagging were pharma, industrial metals, machinery, trucking and engineering & construction stocks.

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