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Energy, banks fuel Wall St comeback


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow and the S&P 500 rose on Friday as surging oil prices lifted energy stocks and offset a sell-off in technology shares on bets that the slowing economy will sap consumer spending on gadgets.

    Financial shares cut losses following a report that a major British bank had reached an asset protection deal with the U.K. government.

    The Dow Jones industrial average gained 32.50 points, or 0.49 percent, to end unofficially at 6,626.94. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 0.83 of a point, or 0.12 percent, to 683.38. But the Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 5.74 points, or 0.44 percent, to 1,293.85.

    (Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Jan Paschal)