After a wobble, stocks manage slight gains

Major stock indexes shook off an early stumble and finished with slight gains Friday as traders turned their attention to a key meeting of the Federal Reserve next week.

It was a quiet end to another turbulent week. Thanks largely to a big jump Tuesday, the market finished with a 2 percent gain for the week. .

The major indexes headed lower at the opening of trading Friday as falling oil prices pulled oil and gas companies down.

The economic news wasn’t encouraging either. A reading on consumer confidence this month sank to its lowest level since September of last year.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 rose 8.76, or 0.5 percent, to 1,961.05. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 102.69, or 0.6 percent, to 16,433.09. The Nasdaq composite rose 26.09, or 0.5 percent, to 4,822.34.

This story was originally published September 11, 2015 at 4:09 PM with the headline "After a wobble, stocks manage slight gains."