US stocks ended higher on Friday as investors` confidence overweighed bleak economic data.
The Dow rose 39.51 points, or 0.5%, to 8,017.59, Standard & Poor`s 500 index climbed 8.12 points, or 1%, to 842.50, while the NASDAQ composite index increased 19.24 points, or 1.2%, to 1,621.87.
Indian ADRs ended in positive.