U.S. stock indexes are drifting around their records Friday as hopes hold that the economy can pull off the rare feat of getting painfully high inflation under control without a recession. The S&P 500 was 0.

Wall Street is trading higher before the opening bell, following global markets that surged on reports that China plans to spend billions of dollars to help rebuild the capital of state-run banks and

Why S&P 500 rising to 6,000 is ‘hardly a stretch’ as stocks clinch new record. Doubts linger about a sustained stock market rally after China’s big stimulus boost.