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February 23, 2013 8:28 AM EST

Stocks rose on Friday as Dow component Hewlett-Packard <HPQ.N> surged on strong results and Ben Bernanke's reported comments eased fears the Fed would curtail stimulus measures.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> shot up 119.95 points, or 0.86 percent, to end unofficially at 14,000.57. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> advanced 13.18 points, or 0.88 percent, to finish unofficially at 1,515.60. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> climbed 30.33 points, or 0.97 percent, to close unofficially at 3,161.82.

But for the week, stocks ended mixed: The Dow edged up 0.1 percent, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.3 percent and the Nasdaq lost nearly 1 percent.

(Reporting by Angela Moon; Editing by Jan Paschal)

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