Big Tech cos continue to climb, S&P 500 up 0.3%, fourth weekly gain in row

Stocks are off to another mixed start on Wall Street as more gains for Big Tech companies offset weakness elsewhere in the market.

The S and P 500 was up 0.3 per cent in the early going on Friday, on track for its fourth weekly gain in a row. A day earlier the bechmark index closed 20 per cent above its October low, entering a new bull market.

The Nasdaq composite added 0.7 per cent and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was just barely higher with a gain of less than 0.1 per cent. Chipmaker Nvidia rose another 2 per cent. European markets were lower and Asian markets closed higher overnight.