Roundup: Wall Street wraps up 2020 with solid gains

NEW YORK, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks advanced in the final week of 2020, wrapping up the wild year with solid gains.

For the holiday-shortened trading week ending Thursday, the Dow rose 1.35 percent, the S&P 500 climbed 1.43 percent and the Nasdaq gained 0.65 percent. Markets were closed on Friday in observance of the New Year.