Stocks tick up to end record-setting week

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Wall Street inched upward early Friday as markets prepare to close out another record-setting week, according to the Associated Press.

Futures for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were up 0.1% before the bell, while Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were essentially unchanged.

FedEx initially jumped more than 5% after it posted better first-quarter profit and revenue than Wall Street forecast, but then lost most of those gains.

Homebuilder Lennar fell 2.5% after its third-quarter revenue declined from a year ago.

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In energy trading, benchmark U.S. crude slipped 37 cents to $62.89 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, lost 30 cents to $67.14 per barrel.

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