The major
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 1.4 percent Friday and the S&P 500 rose 1 percent. The Nasdaq Composite received help from a 2 percent rise in
All three indexes finished on the positive side for the week, with 0.9 percent for the Dow, 1.7 percent for the S&P 500 and 4 percent for Nasdaq.
Gilead reported earlier Friday that its antiviral drug remdesivir lowered the risk of death from COVID-19 by 62 percent compared with standard care alone.
The drug was developed to treat viruses such as Ebola.
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