Dow and S&P reach records again Friday

Wall Street ended an extraordinary and record-setting week Friday by surging higher again, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 index past a trading high set in March 2000 and thrusting the Dow Jones industrial past 13,900 for the first time.

The Dow rose 45.52, or 0.33 percent, to 13,907.25 after reaching a new trading high of 13,932.29. For the week, the Dow rose 295.57 points, or about 2.2 percent.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 4.80, or 0.31 percent, to 1,552.50. The S&P added 1.4 percent for the week.

The Nasdaq composite index gained 5.27, or 0.20 percent, to 2,707.00; the week’s gain totaled 1.5 percent.