U.S. stocks rose on Friday as a strong profit growth from General Electric Co. stirred optimism about upcoming earnings reports and as U.S. consumer price data showed less-than-expected core inflation, Reuters reported. Based on the latest available data, the blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average was up 70.75 points, or 0.69 percent, to end unofficially at 10,287.34. The broad Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 9.72 points, or 0.83 percent, to finish at 1,186.56. The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index was up 17.61 points, or 0.86 percent, to close at 2,064.83. For the week, the Dow ended down 0.04 percent, the Nasdaq slid 1.22 percent and the S&P 500 fell 0.8 percent.
