Stocks ended slightly higher on Friday, helping to push indexes to their best quarterly finish for 2005, as a dip in crude oil prices lifted shares of companies that are heavy users of fuel.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 15.92 points, or 0.2 percent, to end at 10,568.70. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index gained 1.13 points, or 0.1 percent, to finish at 1,228.81. The Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 10.47 points, or 0.5 percent, to close at 2,151.69.
