US stocks ended higher on Friday, driven by gains in consumer product stocks and unaffected by a possible closure of the federal government.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was up 53.91 points, or 0.21 percent, at 2,6071.72. The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 Index <.SPX> was up 12.27 points, or 0.44 percent, to end unofficially at 2,810.30.
The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> was up 40.33 points, or 0.55 percent, at 7336.38.
The three indexes ended the week with gains as the Dow Jones and Nasdaq gained 1.04 percent, while S & P climbed 0.86 percent.
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