New York, Aug. 31 (BridgeNews) - U.S. stocks snapped a four-day losing streak Friday as investors cheered some better-than-expected manufacturing data. Still, volume was very thin, with few investors willing to make aggressive bets ahead of the long holiday weekend. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 30.17, or 0.30%, to 9949.75 and the Nasdaq Composite index was up 13.75, or 0.77%, to 1805.43. The S&P 500 was up 4.55, or 0.40%, to 1133.58.