Wall Street closed its dreary February on a brighter note, as U.S. stock indexes rallied. The S&P 500 jumped 1.6% Friday to trim its loss for the month, enough to

Nvidia is helping to prop up the U.S. stock market, and indexes are drifting higher. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% in early Thursday trading, coming off a painful stretch where weaker-than-expected reports on the U.

Wall Street is closing its dreary February on a somewhat brighter note, and U.S. stock indexes are rising following an economic report that included both encouraging and discouraging trends. The