The US markets ended higher on Friday as investors cheered signs of progress in talks to end the Middle East conflict and a strong corporate earnings season. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the U.S. has made some progress toward a deal with Iran, though more work remains. Further, there was some encouragement in the markets as the Conference Board in its latest report has said that a reading on leading U.S. economic indicators unexpectedly edged slightly higher in the month of April. The Conference Board said its leading economic index crept up by 0.1 percent in April after falling by 0.6 percent. Street had expected the index to dip by 0.3 percent.
However, gains remained capped as the University of Michigan in its report showed that consumer sentiment in the U.S. deteriorated by much more than previously estimated in the month of May. The University of Michigan said its consumer sentiment index for May was downwardly revised to 44.8 from a preliminary reading of 48.2. Street had expected the index to be unrevised.
Dow Jones Industrial Average was up by 294.04 points or 0.58 percent to 50,579.7, Nasdaq increased 50.873 points or 0.19 percent to 26,343.97 and S&P 500 rose 27.75 points or 0.37 percent to 7,473.47.
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