NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks prolonged positive aspects to complete up on Friday, a day after the largest rally in additional than 9 months as buyers have been looking forward to options to finish the partial executive shutdown and avoid a U.S. default. The Dow Jones industrial average used to be up 111.17 points, or 0.seventy three p.c, at 15,237.24. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was once up 10.60 factors, or zero.63 percent, at 1,703.16. The Nasdaq Composite Index used to be up 31.thirteen factors, or 0.83 p.c, at three,791.87. For the week, the Dow rose 1.1 percent, the S&P 500 rose zero.7 p.c and the Nasdaq fell zero.4 percent. …