Wall Street’s main indexes scored record closing highs on Friday and booked solid gains for the week following a strong jobs report. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq notched record high closes for their seventh straight sessions, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average also closed at a record. All three indexes posted weekly gains for their fifth straight weeks. The Labor Department report showed U.S. employment increased more than expected in October as the headwind from the rise in COVID-19 infections over the summer subsided. A trial of Pfizer Inc.’s experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 was stopped early after the drug was shown to cut by 89 percent the chances of hospitalization or death for adults at risk of developing severe disease. Pfizer shares jumped about 11 percent. The news kept the run going for equities after investors earlier in the week digested the Federal Reserve’s decision to start reducing …
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