Stocks have rallied this week after the U.S. and China agreed on a 90-day pause for most of their punishingly high tariffs

The Standard and Poor’s 500 rose 0.4%, enough to extend its winning streak to a fourth day and to pull within 3.7% of its all-time high set earlier this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 271 points, or 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.2%.

On Wall Street, Charter Communications rose 1.8% after it said it agreed to merge with Cox Communications in a deal that would combine two of the country's largest cable companies. The resulting company will change its name to Cox Communications and keep Charter's headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut.