NEW YORK (AP) – The U.S. stock market is closing higher as banks recover some of their sharp losses from the day before. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% Friday and closed out its best week since early August. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.5%. Bank stocks rose after several reported stronger profit for the latest quarter.

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Friday called on Kyiv and Moscow to “stop where they are” and end their brutal war following a lengthy White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump’s frustration with the conflict has surfaced repeatedly in the nine months since he returned to office.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) – Hamas announced plans to hand over the remains of an additional hostage late Friday, as the militants tried to shore up a tenuous ceasefire with Israel by bringing out bulldozers in Gaza to search for bodies they say remain trapped under rubble.