U.S. stocks finished slightly lower Friday as a slide in oil prices resumed, but managed to log their largest weekly gains in three months. The Dow industrials finished down 22.3 points, or 0.1%, at 16,391.10. The S&P 500 finished flat at 1,917.67. The Nasdaq Composite finished 16.89 points, or 0.4%, higher at 4,504.43. Both the Dow and S&P 500 posted their largest weekly gains since Nov. 20, up 2.6% and 2.8%, respectively. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq Composite’s 3.9% weekly gain was its largest since July 17.
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