Presenting a comprehensive recap of the week's highlights, spanning from top news to market performance, here's your market wrap for the week concluding on January 17, 2025.

U.S. stock indexes are rising Friday as they head toward the close of their best week in two months. The S&P 500 was 0.9% higher in early trading and on track for its first winning week in the last three.

Major U.S. equity averages finished higher Friday, leaving Wall Street with its best week since November, with stocks largely bolstered this week by cooler-than-expected inflation data.  The benchmark S&P 500 (SP500) ended +1% at 5,