U.S. stocks post weekly gains after volatile day

NEW YORK MarketWatch(7/9) — U.S. stocks finished little changed Friday, but with the Dow Jones Industrial Average halting a four-week losing streak, as Wall Street’s attention shifted from developments related to Syria to the impact of the jobs report on U.S. monetary policy. Halting its longest winning streak since the middle of July, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.10% ended the session off 14.98 points, or 0.1%, at 14,922.50. Up 0.8% from last Friday’s close, the benchmark had risen 52 points in opening trade and then fallen as many as 148 points, before recovering midmorning and rising as much as 72 points during the afternoon.