Block’s stock shows new shine as it heads for best day in two years

Judging by the sharp rally in Block Inc. shares, you could say it was a blockbuster quarter for the Square and Cash App parent company. Block’s stock SQ, +17.71%was ahead nearly 20% in afternoon trading Friday and would log its best day in over 15 months — since it rose 26.1% on Feb. 25, 2022 — if current gains carried through to the close. The payment-technology company showed bottom-line improvement with its latest report and impressed Wall Street with its talk of effici