| GEO Business | | Stocks end mixed | Updated at: 1344 PST, Saturday, June 27, 2009
 NEW YORK: Stocks capped a choppy week of trading with a mixed finish Friday after the Commerce Department reported that personal spending, incomes and savings all rose in May.
The Dow fell 34.01, or 0.4 percent, on Friday to 8,438.39. The S&P 500 index fell 1.36, or 0.2 percent, to 918.90. The Nasdaq composite index rose 8.68, or 0.5 percent, to 1,838.22.
For the week, the Dow lost 101 points, or 1.2 percent. The S&P500 index fell 0.3 percent and the Nasdaq rose 0.6 percent. The Dow is down 3.9 percent for the year, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq are higher.
The stock rose $2.20, or 15.7 percent, to $16.22. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 4.04, or 0.8percent, to 513.22. Advancing stocks outnumbered declining stocks 3-to-2 on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 2.3 billion, double the1.2 billion logged Thursday.
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