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NEW YORK, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. markets closed mixed Friday with the Dow Jones industrial average spending time on both sides of the 13,000 mark. By close of trading on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 1.74 points or 0.01 percent to 12,982.95. The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 2.28 points or 0.17 percent to 1,365.74. The Nasdaq composite index gained 6.77 points or 0.23 percent to 2,963.75.
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On the New York Stock Exchange, 1,648 stocks advanced and 1,386 declined on a volume of 3.2 billion shares traded.
The benchmark 10-year treasury note rose 1/32 to yield 1.979 percent.
The euro rose to $1.3483 from Thursday's $1.3371. Against the yen, the dollar rose to 81.24 yen from 80 yen.
In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 index rose 0.54 percent, 51.81 points, to 9,647.38.
In London, the FTSE 100 index lost 0.05 percent, 2.76 points, to 5,935.13.
