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U.S. Markets Closed Higher On Friday

U.S. stocks closed higher Friday, as crude prices continued to fall. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, marking a third consecutive week of gains, closed up 45.94 points at 10,686.04.

The Standard and Poor`s 500 gained 3.76 points to end at 1,234.72. The Nasdaq Composite closed up 5.79 points at 2,202.47 for a fourth straight weekly gain. The Dow and Nasdaq composites each rose 1.5%, while the S&P 500 advanced 1.2%.

Rising shares outnumbered falling stocks by 18 to 13 on the New York Stock Exchange, with more than 1.29 billion shares traded. The ratio of winners to losers is 16 to 13 in the Nasdaq market. More than 1.44 billion shares are traded.