Earnings Report

Fifteen of the company's retail stores were closed during the pandemic.

Ride-hailing firm Lyft Inc said on Tuesday that rides on its platform rose 26 percent in May from the previous month helped by strong growth in cities where coronavirus-induced restrictions have been eased.

Stock in gun-related companies climbed as civil unrest stretched across America for another night.

The investment bank had predicted the S&P 500 would slide more than 20 percent to 2,400.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. reported a sharp drop in sales as the coronavirus pandemic hit restaurants that rely on in-store dining.

Dick's Sporting Goods lost $143 million in the first quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic shut stores during the final weeks of the quarter.

Stocks end the week and month higher.

The company lost C$1.3 billion Canadian dollars in the past three months.

Trump is renewing his hard line on China.

Fifty U.S. stores and one in Canada are slated to close this year, the retailer's parent company L Brands said in an earnings report.

The footwear and accessories retailer posted revenue of $359.2 million in the period, surpassing Street forecasts.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. posted a wider-than-expected adjusted loss for the first quarter as a result of Covid-19 store closures.

The top two U.S. dollar store chains reported better-than-expected quarterly sales and profit on Thursday, benefiting from a surge in demand for affordable groceries and household essentials.

Dollar Tree also said it had $73.2 million in operating costs for the Covid-19 pandemic.

Nio's first-quarter deliveries fell amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Nissan Chief Executive Makoto Uchida said the company had gone astray by seeking "excessive sales expansion."

At least two states eased lockdown restrictions, with Colorado allowing limited in-person dining at restaurants and Minnesota letting places of worship open to 25 percent capacity.

Chief Executive Rob Lynch attributed the growth to the company's no-contact delivery efforts, and to new products.

The loss was worse than Wall Street analysts had estimated, though the CEO said performance before the coronavirus pandemic showed strong progress.

U.S. equity markets gained as traders returned to the New York Stock Exchange for the first time in two months.