Inflation Data Boosts Dow Jones and Nasdaq, Top Stocks to Watch.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 150 points on Friday after the release of key income and inflation data. The Commerce Department's personal income and outlays report showed that personal income rose 0.3% in February with consumption expenditures up 0.2%. The PCE, the Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation, came in below estimates that called for a 0.4% rise. Six top stocks to buy and watch in the new stock market uptrend include Dow Jones software giant Microsoft and electric-vehicle giant Tesla climbed 1.9% early Friday.