S&P 500 extends winning streak to 6 weeks. What drove the stock market gains

Another superb week for stocks is in the books. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq rallied on Friday to close out the week at a record high as Wall Street celebrated another solid batch of earnings and a strong-but-not-too-strong jobs report, while holding out hope for an end to the hostilities in the Mideast. As with each week since late February, the Iran war remained a major focus for investors. But a dizzying number of headlines made it impossible to tell where the conflict was really headed next. …