Fri Oct 30, 2015 4:26pm EDT

Wall Street posts best month in four years

NEW YORK

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly before the closing bell, June 29, 2015.
REUTERS/LUCAS JACKSON

U.S. stocks registered their strongest monthly performance in four years on Friday, even as they finished lower on the day amid a mixed bag of earnings reports.

Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 91.46 points, or 0.52 percent, to 17,664.34, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 9.97 points, or 0.48 percent, to 2,079.44 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 20.53 points, or 0.4 percent, to 5,053.75.

 http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0SO1F720151030