State index up 3.99; 6 stocks ebb in week

The Arkansas Index, a price-weighted index that tracks the largest public companies based in the state, rose 3.99 to 312.54 Friday.

Windstream Holdings Inc. rose 7.54 percent Friday, closing at 7.99. Dillard's Inc. rose 5.81 percent to 58.67. Of the four stocks that reported losses Friday, USA Truck Inc. declined the most, losing 6.05 percent and falling to 18.65.

This week, 12 stocks advanced and six declined. Wal-Mart gained 7.6 percent for the week. Acxiom lost 12.5 percent this week.

Total volume for the index was 24.4 million shares.

The index was developed by Bloomberg News and the Democrat-Gazette with a base value of 100 as of Dec. 30, 1997.

Business on 05/21/2016

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