(AP) - Stocks climbed broadly on Wall Street in early trading Friday as the market extended a recent rally and closed in on a big weekly gain after four straight weeks of losses.
Despite marching higher most of this week, the market is on track to finish August with a loss. That would be only the second monthly decline this year after May.
Technology companies and banks did the most to lift major indexes. Intel rose 1.8 percent and Citigroup added 1.2 percent.