The stock market’s Friday rally picked up some steam as afternoon trading rolled on. The Dow was up 350 points, or 0.8%, around 2:30 p.m. ET. The S&P 500 was up 1.3%. The Nasdaq Composite was up 1.7%.

U.S. stocks were up in midday trading Friday, with the S&P 500 attempting to snap a five-day losing streak. The S&P 500 was ...

Now this is a fine way for a stock to greet the new year. On the back of a glowing analyst recommendation, Iovance Biotherapeutics 's ( IOVA 5.27%) shares closed Thursday more than 5% higher in price.

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Both the stock exchanges, BSE and NSE, will be shut down for the public on the day, as such, no trading will take place in ...