Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street, continuing a record-setting drive for major indexes, the AP reports. Banks and technology companies posted some of the biggest gains Friday. Synchrony Financial jumped 4.2% Friday and Citizens Financial rose 2.4%. Both reported higher earnings than analysts had been expecting. PayPal rose 5.5% after reporting a strong quarter. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 13 points, or 0.5%, to 2,575. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 165 points, or 0.7%, to 23,328. The Nasdaq composite climbed 24 points, or 0.4%, to 6,629. The S&P 500 and the Dow closed out their sixth straight week of gains. (More stock market stories.)