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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