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Wall Street gains, S&P 500's best week in seven


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street advanced for a third straight day on Friday, giving the S&P 500 its best weekly performance since early February, but volume remained light as global uncertainty persisted.

    The Dow Jones industrial average gained 50.03 points, or 0.41 percent, to end unofficially at 12,220.59. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 4.14 points, or 0.32 percent, to 1,313.80. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 6.64 points, or 0.24 percent, to close unofficially at 2,743.06.

    For the week, the S&P 500 rose 2.7 percent. The Dow finished the week with a 3.1 percent gain, while the Nasdaq climbed 3.8 percent.

    (Reporting by Edward Krudy; Editing by Jan Paschal)