The Arkansas Index, a price-weighted index that tracks the largest public companies based in the state, fell 0.04 to 357.77 Thursday.
"Equities posted a small gain as the real estate and utilities sectors outperformed in advance of today'smonthly payroll data for January," said Leon Lants, managing director at Stephens Inc. in Little Rock.
Eleven stocks declined and seven advanced.
Total volume for the index was 25.5 million shares.
The index was developed by Bloomberg News and the Democrat-Gazette with a base value of 100 as of Dec. 30, 1997.
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