Stocks on Wall Street shook off a weak start and closed slightly higher Friday, snapping a four-week losing streak. The S&P 500 edged up 0.1%. The index finished with a 0.5% gain for the week. It’s still down 4.8% so far this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out a 0.1% gain, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.5%.

US stock futures traded flat as Wall Street digested mixed messages from the Federal Reserve in the wake of its decision to hold interest rates steady.

You know something interesting is happening in markets when the bears on Wall Street suddenly start telling their clients that stocks are looking like a buy.