U.S. stocks continued their post-election rally on Friday, notching more record highs with the Dow and S&P 500 putting in their best weekly performance all year. The blue-chip Dow closed up 259.

Investors will focus in the coming week on whether inflation trends can help sustain the record-breaking stock rally that has received a boost from Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential race.

Wall Street's major averages were little changed on Friday, as investors seemed to take a breather from the post election rally, while assessing the Federal Reserve's latest rate cut.  Early on and the S&P 500 (SP500) was +0.

The Dow ends flat but S&P 500 and Nasdaq add to their steep post-election gains after the Fed trims rates and hints at more though pace is uncertain.

The S&P 500 and the Dow edged higher on Friday, putting them on course for their best week this year, as a sweeping Trump victory powered bets of a business-friendly agenda and an expected interest-rate cut eased pressure on the U.