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Stocks close mostly higher, helped by technology, oil

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks ended slightly higher on Friday, helped by better-than-expected quarterly results from Google’s parent Alphabet and retailer Amazon and a modest recovery in oil prices. However, the gains were held back by disappointing results from Exxon Mobil as well as news out of the Bank of Japan, which did not announce as much stimulus as many had hoped. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 24.11 points, or 0.1 percent, to 18,432.24. The Dow was held back partly by a drop in the oil giant Exxon Mobil.

 

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