How major US stock indexes fared Friday

Wall Street ended Friday more or less where it started after a day of drifting between small gains and losses for major stock indexes.

The market was nearly evenly split between rising and falling stocks after a report showed that sales for U.S retailers strengthened again last month, but by less than economists expected.

The S&P 500 ended with its sixth weekly gain in the last seven after briefly crossing above its record closing high twice this week.

On Friday:

The S&P 500 edged down 0.58 points, or less than 0.1%, to 3,372.85.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average inched up 34.30 points, or 0.1%, to 27,931.02.

The Nasdaq composite dipped 23.20, or 0.2%, to 11,019.30.

The Russell 2000 index of small company stocks lost 1.91, or 0.1%, to 1,577.88.

For the week:

The S&P 500 is up 21.57 points, or 0.6%.

The Dow is up 497.54 points, or 1.8%.

The Nasdaq is up 8.32 points, or 0.1%.

The Russell 2000 is up 8.70 points, or 0.6%.

For the year:

The S&P 500 is up 142.07 points, or 4.4%.

The Dow is down 607.42 points, or 2.1%.

The Nasdaq is up 2,046.70 points, or 22.8%.

The Russell 2000 is down 90.59 points, or 5.4%.

The Associated Press