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Family Dollar Stores Inc. ended the week on an up note, with its shares gaining value during a lackluster day on Wall Street.

Shares of the discount retailer gained 37 cents Friday, closing at $41.35.

The Dow Jones Industrials closed out the week at 10,465.9, gaining just over a point on Friday.

Among key public companies in the Charlotte area:

•Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC) closed at $14.04, up a penny.

•Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE:WFC), San Francisco parent of Charlotte-based Wachovia Bank, closed at $27.73, up 4 cents.

•Mooresville-based Lowe’s Cos. Inc. (NYSE:LOW) closed at $20.74, up 26 cents.

•SPX Corp. (NYSE:SPW) closed at $59.56, up 21 cents.

•Snack maker Lance Inc. (NASDAQ:LNCE) closed at $21.13, up 7 cents.

These stocks gave up ground Friday:

•Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE:DUK) closed at $17.10, down 7 cents.

•Nucor Corp. (NYSE:NUE) closed at $39.14, down 2 cents.

•Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc. (NYSE:PNY) closed at $26.62, down 33 cents.

•Concord-based Speedway Motorsports Inc. (NYSE:TRK) closed at $13.72, down 13 cents.

•Cato Corp. (NYSE:CATO) closed at $23.28, down 29 cents.

•Goodrich Corp. (NYSE:GR) closed at $72.87, down 8 cents.

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