Advancing issues outnumbered decliners more than 2 to 1 on the New York Stock Exchange. Trading volume was light at 944.85 million shares, below 1.16 billion on Thursday.
The Russell 2000 index, which tracks smaller company stocks, rose 1.62, or 0.3 percent, at 497.43. The Russell had a weekly gain of 2.5 percent.



