Amid a scarcity of economic data and the lightest trading levels of the year, stocks managed to end the week in positive territory, as measured by the indexes tracked below. The Russell 2000 was the week's leader, notching a weekly gain of nearly 1.5%, with all other indexes posting advances of between 0.5% and 1%.The price of crude oil (WTI) closed at $47.87 per barrel, down from the prior week's closing price of $48.73 per barrel. The price of gold (COMEX) reached $1,296.50 by early Fr...
