U.S. stocks rose Friday to turn what would have been one of the market’s worst weeks of the year into just a pretty bad one. The S&P 500 rallied 1.1% for its best day in six weeks and shaved its loss for the week down to 2%.

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Wall Street pointed toward gains early as markets try to claw back losses from a rare bumpy week. Futures for the S&P 500 gained 0.4% before the bell Friday, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose less than 0.