Wall Street is putting the finishing touches on its best quarter in nearly a decade.
The Dow advanced 92 points on Thursday as the end of a sparkling first quarter draws near. The S&P 500 gained 0.4% and the Nasdaq finished 0.3% higher.
Sprint (S) dropped 6% and T-Mobile (TMUS) fell 4% on concerns about the fate of their planned merger. Verizon (VZ) declined 3%.
Lululemon (LULU) climbed 14% after posting robust sales and earnings growth. Regional banks including Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) and KeyCorp (KEY) climbed more than 2% apiece, rebounding from their recent slide.
Friday marks the final trading day of the trading quarter and the S&P 500 is on track for its best quarter since the third quarter of 2009.