A continued slide in oil prices gave Wall Street a moderate advance Friday, with earnings from Dell Inc. and a labor deal at General Motors Corp. feeding the gains. The major indexes ended the week more than 1 percent higher, their third straight winning week.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 45.94, or 0.4 percent, to 10,686.04, its highest close since Aug. 3. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was up 3.76, or 0.3 percent, at 1,234.72. The Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 5.79, or 0.3 percent, to 2,202.47.
