Wall Street rises on overseas optimism; S&P touches record

U.S. stocks advanced modestly on Friday, as the S&P 500 scaled a new intraday record, helped by investor optimism regarding Greece and Ukraine and upbeat German growth data. For the week, the Dow is up 1.1 percent, the S&P 500 is up 1.8 percent and the Nasdaq is up 2.5 percent. Those risks are coming off the table this week," said Scott Colyer, chief executive officer of Advisors Asset Management, an investment advisory firm in Monument, Colorado. The Dow Jones industrial average ro