The stock market was all treats and no tricks on Friday as the major indexes wrapped up their best months of October in years.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 41 points, or 0.1%. The S&P 500 gained 0.3%. The Nasdaq Composite rallied 0.6%.
The S&P and Dow each locked in their best Octobers since 2022. The Nasdaq had its best October since 2021.