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Stocks gain on financials and energy


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Friday, as the Dow briefly turned positive and the S&P rose more than 1 percent, helped by strength in energy and financial stocks. The Nasdaq's biggest lift came from Internet leader Google , a day after the company reported earnings that beat expectations.

    Financial stocks rose, with some analysts citing hopes of further aid from Washington next week. The S&P financial index rose 2.9 percent and the KBW Bank index climbed 2.8 percent.

    Google shares advanced and pushed the Nasdaq up 2 percent. The tech bellwether reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings after the bell on Thursday. The stock rose 7.5 percent to $329.45.

    The Dow Jones industrial average was down 38.31 points, or 0.47 percent, at 8,084.49, after briefly rising 2.23 points, or 0.03 percent, to 8,125.03. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 8.41 points, or 1.02 percent, at 835.91. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 25.96 points, or 1.77 percent, at 1,491.45.

    (Reporting by Charles Mikolajczak; Editing by Jan Paschal)