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 1.4% to close at $38.13, the best performer on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI), which was down a fraction.

Facebook(FB) climbed 1% to close at $47.01, while Apple (AAPL) added 2% to close at $556.07, as the Nasdaq Composite Index (RIXF) edged higher by 0.4% to close at 4,060.

The Morgan Stanley High Tech 35 Index (MSH) and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) were each up a fraction.

On the downside, shares of Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) were off a fraction, closing at $27.35, while Yelp Inc.(YELP) fell 1.4% to close at $60.69 and Salesforce.com (CRM) was down 1.2% to close at $52.09.

Also in the red were shares of Google Inc.(GOOG), Groupon Inc.(GRPN) and Zynga Inc. (ZNGA).

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