In the early morning of the 16th Beijing time, US stocks closed higher on Friday, with the Dow up more than 380 points. The stock market was supported by an unexpected rise in US retail sales in September and better-than-expected results from large companies such as Goldman Sachs Group.

The Dow was up 382.20 points, or 1.09%, at 35294.76; the Nasdaq was up 73.91 points, or 0.50%, at 14897.34; and the S & P 500 was up 33.11, or 0.75%, at 4471.37.

This week, the Dow is up 1.58%, the Nasdaq is up 2.18%, and the S & P 500 is up 1.82%.

Despite rising energy prices and supply chain bottlenecks, earnings from listed companies in the US have raised investor sentiment.

Goldman Sachs Group closed up 3.8 per cent. The company's third-quarter net income was $13.61 billion, with analysts expecting $11.6 billion; earnings per share were $14.93, compared with market expectations of $10.08, compared with $9.68 a year earlier.

JPMorgan Chase & Co, Bank of America Corporation, Citibank, Morgan Stanley and other large bank stocks generally rose, continuing the previous upward trend. Earnings at these banks were better than expected.

The first batch of corporate results this week, including the above-mentioned banking companies, were generally better than expected, helping to ease investors' concerns about a sharp drop in corporate profits. especially in the context of rising input and labour costs leading to higher costs for companies in various industries.

Amazon.Com Inc, the champion of US stock turnover, closed 3.3% higher on Friday, with a turnover of US $17.35 billion. Amazon.Com Inc filed an appeal on Friday against the EU's decision to impose a fine of 746 million euros. Amazon.Com Inc said on July 30 that EU antitrust authorities had fined him 746 million euros for violating the EU's data protection law.

Tesla, Inc., second in transaction volume, closed 3% higher with a turnover of US $15.39 billion.Tesla, Inc. began accepting orders for Model Y in the UK on Friday and delivery is expected to begin in early 2022. Tesla, Inc. previously exported Model Y to the European market through the Shanghai super factory, but it has not yet been opened to the UK.

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Tesla, Inc. CEO Musk, 50, is worth $230 billion, equal to Bill Gates and Warren Buffett combined. According to the index, Bill Gates ranks fourth with $130 billion, while Buffett ranks 10th with $102 billion.

In fifth place, Facebook Inc closed down 1.2%, with a turnover of US $6.94 billion.Sophie Zhang, a former Facebook Inc data researcher, will provide evidence to British MPs on October 18, according to a statement from the British Parliament's Cyber Security Bill Committee. She was fired for pointing out that the company had failed to crack down on information about election intervention in Honduras and other countries.

In sixth place, Moderna Inc closed down 2.3%, with a turnover of US $5.62 billion.The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is delaying the approval of Moderna Inc's mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for teenagers, and the agency is assessing whether the vaccine increases the risk of rare inflammatory heart disease. The FDA Advisory Group supports people aged 18 and above to be vaccinated against Johnson & Johnson and COVID-19. Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer Inc (41.49,-0.18,-0.43%) will be the winners of adolescent vaccines.

Bank of America Corporation ranked 14th with a 2.9% increase in revenue and a turnover of US $2.95 billion.U. S. banking stocks generally rose on Friday, after a number of large bank companies reported better-than-expected results.

Wells Fargo & Co ranked 15th with a 6.8% increase in revenue and a turnover of US $2.84 billion.

Goldman Sachs Group, 18th, closed 3.8% higher, with a turnover of US $2.57 billion.

The following are the 20 most actively traded stocks of the day (by turnover):