AlHijjah 26, 1436, October 10, 2015, SPA -- U.S. stocks closed slightly higher on Friday, ending the S&P 500's best week for 2015 on a quiet note as investors waited for U.S. companies to report third-quarter earnings. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 33.74 points, or 0.2 percent, to 17,084.49, the S&P 500 gained 1.46 points, or 0.07 percent, to 2,014.89 and the Nasdaq Composite added 19.68 points, or 0.41 percent, to 4,830.47. For the week, the Dow rose 3.7 percent while Nasdaq rose 2.6 percent. The S&P 500 rose 3.3 percent, its biggest weekly percentage advance since December.
