The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.93% climbed 114 points, or 0.9%, to 12,951, with all 30 of its components in positive territory.
Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ +3.35% and Microsoft Corp. MSFT +2.39% were the top gainers, rising 3% and 2.3%, respectively.
The S&P 500 index SPX +0.90% gained 12.4 points, or 0.9%, to 1,403.6, with information technology the top gainer and utilities the sole decliner among its 10 major industry groups.
The Nasdaq Composite COMP +1.10% added 31 points, or 1.1%, to 2,957.8. Shares of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. RIMM +14.04% rallied nearly 14%.
No U.S. economic data are due on Friday, but global economic reports buoyed the mood on Wall Street.
Germany’s Ifo business-climate index rose to 101.4 in November from 100 in October, beating expectations for a decline. The rise in November came after six successive declines and showed the German economy is holding up in the face of the euro-zone debt crisis, the Ifo Institute said on Friday.
In Asia, the HSBC purchasing-managers index on Thursday showed that China’s manufacturing sector expanded in November for the first time in 13 months, indicating that growth will pick up in the fourth quarter.
