Although US stocks opened higher on Friday
morning trade, Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index did not
manage to maintain gains and closed slightly down. Dow Jones Industrial Average
gave up 0.01% or 0.61 points and closed at 12,019.42 while S&P 500 slid
0.02% or 0.30 points and ended week at 1,244.28. Nasdaq Composite was the
only of three major indexes that managed to close higher gaining 0.03% or 0.73
points reaching 2,626.93.