10 issues rise in day; 11 decline for week

The Arkansas Index, a price-weighted index that tracks the largest public companies based in the state, rose 0.02 to 360.47 Friday.

Ten stocks gained ground Friday.

Acxiom was up 1.4 percent in heavy trading.

America's Car-Mart fell 2.9 percent in above-average volume.

For the week, 11 stocks fell.

USA Truck climbed 12.6 percent for the week.

America's Car-Mart declined 8.5 percent for the week.

Total volume for the index was 24.6 million shares. The average daily volume for the week was 20.3 million shares.

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

Business on 02/18/2017

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