WALL STREET CLIMBS BACK TO ITS ALL-TIME HIGH

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is flirting with its alltime high. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% Friday and is on track to squeak past its record closing level. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 238 points, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.6%. If the S&P 500 finishes the day at an all-time high, it would be just the latest time the U.S. stock market has powered past what seemed to be a debilit…