U.S. stocks pulled back from their all-time high on Friday as they closed out a second straight winning week. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% a day after setting a record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 140 points,

Existing home sales climbed 2.2% in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.24 million, according to the National Association of Realtors, the strongest pace since February 2024. Economists polled by Bloomberg expected existing home sales to hit a pace of 4.2 million in December.

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Netflix shot up 14.6% after it reported adding nearly 19 million subscribers during the holiday-season quarter and it topped sales and profit targets. The video streaming service’s expansion into live programming appears to be paying off as it wrapped up its best year ever with more than $40 billion in revenue.

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U.S. stocks rose after more companies said they made bigger profits at the end of last year than analysts expected and as Treasury yields eased.

U.S. stock indexes are drifting higher following a mostly encouraging batch of profit reports from big companies.

BMO Capital Markets forecasts the S&P 500 will reach 6,700, reflecting a gain of 13.2%. Chief investment strategist Brian Belski said he and his team "remain resolutely bullish," but expect "performance and fundamentals will more closely match the historical norms -- namely, in the high-single digit/low-double-digit percentage range in 2025."

Markets are pointing higher on the first day of trading under the second administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.