Strong third-quarter earnings results from Netflix and Intuitive Surgical led to massive 10%+ stock gains for both companies.

U.S. stocks were mostly rising midday Friday, with all three major benchmarks on track for weekly gains. The S&P 500 was up 17 points, or 0.3%, at almost 5,859. The Nasdaq Composite was advancing nearly 102 points, or 0.6%, to 18,475.

The S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq edged higher on Friday, driven by gains in technology stocks, while Netflix climbed after beating subscriber growth estimates. Shares of Netflix jumped 9.8% to a

The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up by 337.28 points, or 0.8%, at a record high of 43,077.70, based on preliminary data. It surpassed its previous record close of 43,065.22 reached on Monday.

NEW YORK >> The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq pared their gains to end essentially unchanged today, while the Dow notched a record closing high as investors parsed an array of mixed quarterly earnings and digested a series of robust economic reports.