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 <.GSPF> rose 2.9 percent and the KBW Bank index <.BKX> climbed 2.8 percent.
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The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> 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 <.SPX> was up 8.41 points, or 1.02 percent, at 835.91. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> was up 25.96 points, or 1.77 percent, at 1,491.45.
(Reporting by Charles Mikolajczak; Editing by Jan Paschal)
