Stocks See Weekly Gains Despite Retail Woes and Oil Slump
- Stocks open mixed but on track for weekly gains after midweek rally
- Retailers like Gap warn of slow holiday sales amid consumer pullback
- Oil sinks into bear market, hinting economic slowdown ahead of OPEC+
- Alibaba stock sinks as US chip curbs nix cloud unit spinoff
- Business leaders relieved at temporary gov't funding deal through holidays