US stocks gained on Friday as investors breathed a relative sigh of relief over an inflation report that came in line with expectations. Wall Street also digested new data signaling souring consumer sentiment and President Trump's fresh round of punishing tariffs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) and the S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose roughly 0.6%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) climbed 0.4%. The gains marked a shift after three straight days of losses for the major US gauges. Still, all three majo ...