New York - Most US stocks rose Friday, completing one of Wall Street's best two-week stretches of the year on the back of gains by energy companies and hopes for an economic recovery.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a congressional committee that the central bank was "winding down" its unprecedented lending programmes enacted to help stabilize the financial system.
Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips gained after crude oil climbed 1.3 per cent to 68.05 dollars per barrel Friday in New York. But technology stocks fell on poor earnings late Thursday from Microsoft.
