The S&P 500’s information-technology sector was up 0.9% and on pace to gain 0.5% this week, FactSet data show, at last check. Tech was advancing for a seventh straight week, on course for its longest weekly winning streak since late December, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

The Nasdaq composite held a 1% gain in the stock market today, helped by strength in several large-cap technology stocks.

Major indexes rose Friday but were on track to end a six-week run of gains. Yields stabilized after jumping to three-month highs earlier in the week.

U.S. stocks finished mixed Friday, as interest rates in the bond market extended their climb ahead of next week’s jobs report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 259.96 points on Friday, or 0.6%,

Stocks mostly gained ground in mixed trading on Wall Street Friday as companies continued reporting mostly solid earnings. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% in afternoon trading Friday. The index was nearly evenly split between gainers and losers.