On April 8, when stocks were on the verge of plunging into a bear market, few Wall Street experts were predicting that the market would hit a record high just 80 days later. That’s what the market appears set to do Friday: The S&P 500 traded 0.

As for the main indexes, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.9% to 43,386. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% to 6,141 and the Nasdaq Composite added 1.0% to 20,167 – both benchmarks finishing within a chip-shot of their respective all-time highs of 6,144.15 from February 19 and 20,173.89 from December 16.

The market’s complete turnaround from its deep swoon happened in about half the time that it normally takes, said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA.