By Benjamin Pimentel, MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Technology stocks were mostly
higher Friday, aided by gains in shares of Microsoft Corp.,
Facebook Inc. and Apple Inc.
Microsoft (MSFT) rallied 1.5%, the best performer on the Dow
Jones Industrial Average (DJI), which was up 64 points. Trading was
scheduled to end at 1 p.m. Eastern.
Facebook(FB) climbed 1%, while Apple (AAPL) added nearly 1% as
the Nasdaq Composite Index (RIXF) edged higher by 0.4% to
4,061.
The Morgan Stanley High Tech 35 Index (MSH) and the Philadelphia
Semiconductor Index (SOX) were up a fraction.
On the downside, shares of Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) were off about
1%, while Yelp Inc.(YELP) fell 1.3% and Salesforce.com (CRM) was
down nearly 2%.
Also in the red were shares of Google Inc.(GOOG), Groupon
Inc.(GRPN) and Zynga Inc. (ZNGA)
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