On Friday, July 27, U.S. stocks edged higher as Germany and France claimed their readiness to do whatever is needed to save the Eurozone. The Dow Jones Index jumped 0.7 per cent, to 12,978.14, the Standard & Poor 500 soared 0.9 per cent, to 1,371.70 and the Nasdaq Composite added 0.7 per cent, to 2,913.20.