Closing Bell | Cerner, O'Reilly Automotive, Block, Sprint close higher ...

Most regional stocks polished off the week with modest gains Friday, led by Cerner?s 2 percent boost.

Shares in the North Kansas City-based medical software company closed at $81.19, up $1.24.

Other winners included O?Reilly Automotive, up 1.3 percent, H&R Block, up 1 percent, and Sprint, up 0.4 percent.

Losers included UMB Financial, down 0.4 percent, and Kansas City Southern, down 0.3 percent.

Overall, stocks closed higher on Wall Street, closing out a third straight week of gains.

General Electric led the Dow Jones industrial average higher after reporting a strong quarter thanks to growth in emerging markets.

The Dow Jones rose 53.68 points, or 0.39 percent, to close at 13,649.70.

The Standard & Poor?s 500 index reached another five-year high, rising 5.04 points, or 0.34 percent, to close at 1,485.98.

The Nasdaq gave up 1.30 points, or 0.04 percent, to close at 3,134.71.

The BATS 1000 rose 65.13 points, or 0.39 percent, to close at 16,772.45.

Capital One Financial lost 8 percent after reporting revenue and earnings that fell short of analysts? estimates.

Rising stocks outnumbered falling ones two to one on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume was in line with the recent average at 3.7 billion shares.

Regional stocks

Capitol Federal Financial rose 6 cents, or 0.51%, to close at $11.87.

Cerner Corp. rose $1.24, or 1.55%, to close at $81.19.

Commerce Bancshares Inc. rose 3 cents, or 0.08%, to close at $36.98.

Compass Minerals fell 1 cents, or 0.01%, to close at $72.52.

DST Systems Inc. rose 44 cents, or 0.70%, to close at $63.52.

Ferrellgas Partners L.P. rose 27 cents, or 1.46%, to close at $18.82.

Garmin Ltd. fell 9 cents, or 0.23%, to close at $39.52.

Great Plains Energy rose 7 cents, or 0.34%, to close at $20.87.

H&R Block Inc. rose 22 cents, or 1.08%, to close at $20.56.

Inergy L.P. rose 16 cents, or 0.80%, to close at $20.16.

Kansas City Life Insurance Co. fell 5 cents, or 0.13%, to close at $37.70.

Kansas City Southern fell 24 cents, or 0.27%, to close at $87.63.

Layne Christensen Co. rose 4 cents, or 0.17%, to close at $23.43.

O?Reilly Automotive Inc. rose $1.12, or 1.28%, to close at $88.91.

Sprint Nextel Corp. rose 2 cents, or 0.36%, to close at $5.65.

UMB Financial Corp. fell 20 cents, or 0.44%, to close at $45.71.

Waddell & Reed Financial Corp. rose 1 cents, or 0.03%, to close at $38.61.

YRC Worldwide Inc. rose 7 cents, or 0.99%, to close at $6.63.

Source: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/01/18/4018786/closing-bell-cerner-oreilly-automotive.html

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