Stocks on Wall Street shook off a weak start and closed slightly higher Friday, snapping a four-week losing streak. The S&P 500 edged up 0.1%. The index finished with a 0.5% gain for the week. It’s still down 4.8% so far this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out a 0.1% gain, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.5%.

U.S. stocks are drifting higher following signals that the U.S. economy remains solid, for the moment at least.

Wall Street Slips and Heads for a Fifth Straight Weekly Loss NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in morning trading Friday and Wall Street is on track for its fifth straight weekly loss. The S&P 500 fell 0.9%.