US stocks rise to finish a wild July as Amazon soars, Apple sinks and inflation worries worsen

US stocks rose Friday to finish a wild July for Wall Street as Amazon leaped, Apple sank and rising oil prices worsened worries about inflation staying high. The S&P 500 climbed 0.7 per cent after veering between gains and losses through the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 276 points, or 0.5 per cent, and the Nasdaq composite rallied 1 per cent after briefly losing all of an early 1.3 per cent jump.