Wall Street ends higher in sync with energy, materials
Stocks rose in light volume on Friday, boosted by rising energy and basic materials shares, and the S&P 500 continued to show resilience even as it posted its second negative week so far this year.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was up 34.59 points, or 0.27 percent, to end unofficially at 13,080.73. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was up 4.33 points, or 0.31 percent, to finish unofficially at 1,397.11. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> was up 4.60 points, or 0.15 percent, to close unofficially at 3,067.92.
For the week, the Dow was off 1.1 percent and the S&P 500 was down 0.5 percent, while the Nasdaq was up 0.4 percent.
(Reporting by Edward Krudy; Editing by Jan Paschal)
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