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Stocks closed Friday with their third straight week of gains and two major indexes posted five-year highs.
“The Dow gained 53.68 points to end at 13,649.70,” the AP notes. “The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 5.04 points to 1,485.98, while the Nasdaq composite fell 1.30 points to 3,134.70.”
“This earnings season is off to a good start so far. Of the 67 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported, 43 have trumped analysts' estimates,” the report adds.
These earnings reports undoubtedly helped push stocks higher on Friday:
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| Most Active | 01/18/13 16:07:14 |
| Company | Ticker | Last | Change | Pct Change |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION | BAC | 11.16 |  0.12 |
1.06% |
| SPDR S&P 500 ETF | SPY | 148.40 |  0.40 |
0.27% |
| INTEL CP | INTC | 21.21 | 1.47 |
6.48% |
| ATTITUDE DRINKS NEW | ATTD | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00% |
| GENERAL ELECTRIC CO | GE | 22.15 | 0.85 |
3.99% |
| CITIGROUP WTS 1/4/2019 | C.WSA | 0.47 | 0.01 |
2.22% |
| RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD | RIMM | 15.85 | 0.94 |
6.27% |
| WORLD MOTO INC | FARE | 0.03 | 0.02 |
35.14% |
| MORGAN STANLEY | MS | 22.45 | 1.69 |
8.17% |
| NOKIA CORP | NOK | 4.43 | 0.11 |
2.32% |
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