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Stocks ticked higher as energy companies clawed back some of their sharp losses from earlier in the week.
After getting off to a slow start, the Standard & Poor’s 500 index finished with a modest gain Friday, leaving it slightly higher for the week.
Energy companies benefited from a second day of gains in oil prices. EQT jumped 8 percent, the biggest gain in the S&P 500.
Health care and technology stocks had the biggest gains of the week.
Energy companies trimmed their weekly loss to 2.9 percent.
Bed Bath & Beyond plunged 12 percent after reporting weak earnings.
The S&P 500 added 3 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,438.
The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 2 points to 21,394. The Nasdaq gained 28 points, or 0.5 percent, to 6,265.
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