Stocks opened higher Friday in a bid to extend the previous session's bounce at the end of a volatile week that saw inflation fears move front and center across capital markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.83%
was up 216 points, or 0.6%, at 34,237, while the S&P 500
SPX,
+1.27%
rose 34 points, or 0.8%, to 4,146. The Nasdaq Composite
COMP,
+1.87%
gained 142 points to trade at 13,267, a gain of more than 1%. Major benchmarks remain on track for hefty weekly losses, with the Dow down 1.5%, the S&P 500 sporting a decline of more than 2% and the Nasdaq off 3.6%.