Shares of Best Buy Co. Inc. BBY advanced 1.46% to $89.91 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 1.59% to 5,954.50 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 1.39% to 43,840.91.

Wall Street is closing its dreary February on a somewhat brighter note, and U.S. stock indexes are rising Friday following an economic report that included both encouraging and discouraging trends. The S&P 500 was 0.