How the major stock indexes fared Friday (AP)

AP - A surge in oil and the threat of a government shutdown weighed on stocks Friday. Investors kept one eye on Washington, where Republicans and Democrats were in the final day of talks to reach a budget agreement. Benchmark crude oil jumped to $112.79 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That's the highest price since Sept. 22, 2008.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/energy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110408/ap_on_bi_ge/us_wall_street_box

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