S&P 500 Gains and Losses Today: Waters Stock Surges as Sales Improve [Video]

Following a pair of negative trading sessions, major U.S. equities indexes closed out the week on a strong note, pushing higher on Friday as investors cheered upbeat earnings results from e-commerce and cloud computing behemoth Amazon (AMZN).

The S&P 500 added 0.4% to wrap up the trading week and kick off November. The Dow and the Nasdaq were up 0.7% and 0.8%, respectively.

Shares of Waters Corp. (WAT), a provider of analytical laboratory instruments and software, surged 19.8% on Friday to a 52-week high, delivering the top daily performance in the S&P 500. The gains for Waters stock came after the life, materials, food, and environmental sciences supplier reported better-than-expected third-quarter revenue and earnings per share (EPS).

Cable TV, mobile, and internet service provider Charter Communications (CHTR) also topped sales and profit estimateswith its third-quarter results, and its shares jumped 11.9%. The company posted a solid increase in mobile customers, …