The U.S. stock market was mostly rising in early-afternoon trade on Friday, with all three major benchmarks healing for weekly gains as investors focused on tariff negotiations. The S&P 500 was up 8 points,

Dow Jones tests resistance at 40,000 – 40,100 amid broad rally in the equity markets. The index is moving higher despite the strong sell-off in IBM stock, which is down by 7% after the release of the first-quarter earnings report.