NEW YORK (Reuters) - The major U.S. stock indexes rose modestly on Friday, for a fourth straight day of gains, helped by encouraging U.S. manufacturing data.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> rose 19.38 points, or 0.11 percent, to 17,949.37, the S&P 500 <.SPX> gained 4.09 points, or 0.19 percent, to 2,102.95 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> added 19.90 points, or 0.41 percent, to 4,862.57.
(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
