The Dow finished marginally higher on Friday, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 were up 0.2% and 0.9% respectively, as investors weighed a batch of economic data ahead of next week’s Federal Reserve meeting. The US Core PCE inflation, the Fed's preferred inflation measure, increased by 4.4% in December and marked its smallest annual rise since October 2021, paving way for smaller Fed hikes. Meantime, US personal spending fell by 0.2% for the second consecutive month in December, due to higher borrowing costs. On the corporate side, American Express soared 10.5% and Visa gained almost 3%, while Intel and Silvergate Capital plunged 6.4% and 3.7%, respectively. Meantime, Tesla soared 11% and marked 31% weekly gain on its firm quarterly reports. For the week, the Dow added 1.6% and the S&P 500 was up almost by 2% while Nasdaq 100 gained 3.3%. Next week, investors await earning results for Meta on Wednesday, and Apple, Google, and Amazon on Thursday.