Easing oil prices help send stocks higher at the end of a record-setting week

NEW YORK (AP) — Lower oil prices are helping to propel the U.S. stock market to the finish of a record-setting week, but financial markets remain indecisive. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% early Friday and clawed back some of its two straight days of losses since setting its all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 82 points, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.6%. The moves were tentative as oil prices continue to yo-yo because of uncertainty about when the war with Iran will allow the global energy industry to return to normal. Treasury yields flipped up and down in the bond market.