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USA Truck up 1.3%

as 10 stocks climb

The Arkansas Index, a price-weighted index that tracks the largest public companies based in the state, fell 1.49 to 450.21 Friday.

Ten stocks advanced and six declined.

USA Truck gained 1.3 percent in heavy trading.

Dillard's fell 3 percent on average volume.

For the week, nine stocks advanced, six declined and one was unchanged.

Murphy Oil rose 13.8 percent for the week.

Tyson Foods dropped 3.4 percent for the week.

Total volume for the index on Friday was 34.9 million shares. The average daily volume for the week was 23.4 million shares.

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

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