Stocks rise...Oil prices up... Flour recall expanded

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UNDATED (AP) — Investors are enjoying a long holiday weekend. The stock market reversed itself this week after a rough start following Britain's vote to leave the European Union. The market came close to regaining all the ground lost since the vote last week. It ended the week up 3 percent. The Dow gained 19 points on Friday. The S&P 500 added four points and the Nasdaq rose nearly 20 points.

UNDATED (AP) — Oil prices are on the upswing. Benchmark U.S. crude futures rose 66 cents, or 1.4 percent on Friday, to close at $48.99 a barrel in New York. Meanwhile, Brent crude, used to price international oils, rose 53 cents to $50.35 a barrel in London.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — General Mills is expanding its recall of certain types of flour in response to an ongoing outbreak of illnesses related to a strain of E. coli bacteria. The company on June 1 voluntarily recalled 10 million pounds of its Gold Medal, Signature Kitchens and Wondra flour that health officials say was the likely source of dozens of illnesses in 20 states. The expanded recall includes flour made earlier in the fall that might still be in consumers' pantries.

WASHINGTON (AP) — American manufacturing is expanding. It increased for the fourth straight month in June, hitting the strongest reading since February 2015 as the outlook for new orders and production improved. The Institute for Supply Management says its manufacturing index rose to 53.2 last month from 51.3 in May. Anything above 50 signals growth. The ISM, a trade group of purchasing managers, surveys about 200 U.S. companies each month.

BEIJING (AP) — Apple is being sued by a subsidiary of China's broadcasting regulator over a propaganda film that's more than 20 years old. It's the latest legal wrangling for the tech giant in China in recent weeks. A production center alleges that Apple infringed its exclusive online rights to broadcast a film that depicts Chinese fighting against Japanese soldiers in northern China in the early 1930s.