Indexes closed near session highs Thursday, despite a White House announcement of new actions on import tariffs. Companies in the IBD 50 outperformed the major averages, a bullish signal for growth investors.

Wall Street is taking a pause after running to the brink of a record following some mixed profit reports from big U.S. companies. The S&P 500 was flat in early trading Friday and hovering around the all-time high it set last month.