Dow jumps 834 points, best session since 2020 in relief rally

U.S. stocks staged a powerful rally to end the week as investors bargain-hunted beaten-down stocks impacted by uncertainty over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose over 834 points or 2.5% putting the benchmark on pace of the best day since late 2020. However, for the week it closed fractionally lower. 

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
I:DJI	DOW JONES AVERAGES	38852.27	+176.59	+0.46%

The S&P 500 rose 2.2% in a broad rally led by materials and financials. 

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Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
SP500	S&P 500	5180.74	+52.95	+1.03%
XLB	MATERIALS SELECT SECTOR SPDR ETF	90.07	+0.54	+0.60%
XLF	FINANCIAL SELECT SECTOR SPDR ETF	41.06	+0.48	+1.20%

While the Nasdaq Composite added 1.6% helped by large-cap tech leaders Apple, Amazon and Microsoft. 

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
I:COMP	NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX	16349.24507	+192.92	+1.19%
AAPL	APPLE INC.	181.71	-1.67	-0.91%
MSFT	MICROSOFT CORP.	413.54	+6.88	+1.69%
AMZN	AMAZON.COM INC.	188.70	+2.49	+1.34%

The 10-year Treasury yield sat at 1.97% on Friday.

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Oil prices bounced between gains and losses as Russia's invasion of Ukraine raised concerns about global supply. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) closed at $91.59 per barrel, while global benchmark Brent Crude closed at $97.93 a barrel.

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
USO	UNITED STATES OIL FUND L.P.	75.66	+0.53	+0.71%
BNO	UNITED STS BRENT OIL FD LP UNIT	31.02	+0.19	+0.62%

Gold ended at $1,886.50 after hitting a fresh 52-week high 24 hours prior. 

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
GLD	SPDR GOLD SHARES TRUST - EUR ACC	215.20	+2.24	+1.05%

In earnings Footlocker shares sank after delivering a weaker 2022 forecast as the benefit from spending powered by government stimulus checks ended. Nike, which provides the retailer with 75% of its product, rose.  

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
FL	FOOT LOCKER INC.	23.28	+1.47	+6.74%
NKE	NIKE INC.	93.36	+1.21	+1.31%

Zynga shares rose after its board approved its pending combination with Take-Two Interactive in a deal valued at $12.7 billion. 

Ticker	Security	Last	Change	Change %
ZNGA	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
TTWO	TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE INC.	148.34	+2.46	+1.69%

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Bitcoin was traded around $39,000 as the equity markets closed. 

In economic news, personal spending jumped 2.1% month over month, reversing a slide of 0.6% in December. Core personal consumption expenditures, which remove volatile food and energy prices, rose 0.6% month over month in January. 

Personal income was unchanged while the year-over-year change in core PCE, which is the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation, shot up 5.2%, the highest reading in more than 38 years.

US ECONOMIC GROWTH REVISED UP TO 7% FOR END OF 2021, BEFORE OMICRON IMPACT

In Durable Goods, new orders for manufactured big-ticket items rose a seasonally adjusted 1.6% month over month in January, reversing a larger than expected decline of 0.7% the prior month. If you factor out the transportation component, orders are rose 0.7% after a 0.6% pop in December.

Consumer confidence improved with the University of Michigan’s final index of consumer sentiment for February rising to 62.8. 

In housing, more evidence of a slowdown as the National Association of Realtors' index of pending home sales for January cratered 5.7%. 

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FOX Business' Ken Martin and The Associated Press contributed to this report.