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Stocks rose to record lev­els on Fri­day, notch­ing anoth­er week­ly advance, as traders shook off a dis­ap­point­ing U.S. jobs report.

The Dow Jones Indus­tri­al Aver­age closed high­er by 248.74 points, or 0.8%, at 30,218.26. The S&P 500 gained 0.9% to end the day at 3,699.12, and the Nas­daq Com­pos­ite advanced 0.7% to 12,464.23. All three of major index­es post­ed intra­day and clos­ing record highs.

Chevron and Cater­pil­lar rose 3.9% and 4.3%, respec­tive­ly, to lead the Dow high­er. Ener­gy was the best-per­form­ing S&P 500 sec­tor, gain­ing 5.4%.