Stocks closed sharply higher Friday, sending the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average to their biggest weekly gains since the week of the November presidential election.

While Boeing dragged the index down last year, Nvidia ( NVDA -6.22%) took up the slack and was the best-performing Dow Jones stock of 2024. Let's take a look at the other names that rounded out the top-performing Dow Jones stocks.

Currys has raised profit guidance and pledged to resume dividend payments after the retailer reported a strong festive performance today. An improved balance sheet means the company expects to resume dividend payments with a distribution of 1.

Stock futures are higher after this morning's consumer price index (CPI) data, with futures on the Dow up over 500 points

Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) are pointed firmly lower, following yesterday's 703-point pop, while S&P 500 Index (SPX) futures sit flat, and Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) futures manage a modest gain.

Recruitment firm Page Group expects 2024 operating profit towards the lower end of the current market consensus range of £49 million to £58.5 million. Gross profit fell 17.2% to £196.7 million in the three months,

Stocks navigated another volatile session after Friday's plunge, which wiped out all year-to-date gains for Wall Street's major gauges. A hot December jobs report rattled markets, spurring concern that signs of strength in the economy will encourage the Federal Reserve to keep rates higher for longer.

Can please write a news story about the closing stock market quotes for for ALL the following indices but can you change the % symbol where it appears for the 'percent' word?.

--Off 2.89% from its 52-week high of 8445.80 hit Wednesday, May 15, 2024 --Up 10.14% from its 52-week low of 7446.29 hit Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024 --Rose 8.51% from 52 weeks ago --Off 1.42% from ...