(Reuters) - U.S. stocks bounced back sharply on Friday as investors snapped up some of this week's most beaten-down shares, including in the healthcare and technology sectors, though indexes posted losses for the week.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> rose 180.7 points, or 1.01 percent, to 18,021.22, the S&P 500 <.SPX> gained 22.52 points, or 1.08 percent, to 2,108.03 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> added 63.97 points, or 1.29 percent, to 5,005.39.
(Reporting by Ryan Vlastelica; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli)
