Toronto stocks ended modestly higher Friday, as strength through the broader market outweighed a weak day in gold stocks, affected by a drop in bullion prices.

The S&P/TSX composite index moved up 13.17 points, or 0.10%, to 13,862.97.

The index jumped 270 points in the previous two sessions and is up 1.3% for the week.

On Friday seven of the 10 TSX main sub-groups ended in positive territory.

The materials index gained 0.28%, but the gold sub-index fell 1.62%.

Gold futures fell $6.90, or 0.9%, to close US$800.20 an ounce.

Iamgold Corp. fell 34¢, or 3.80%, to $8.61.

The energy index dipped 0.14%.

Light, sweet crude for January delivery fell down $1.95, or 2.2% at US$88.28 a barrel.

Imperial Oil moved up 29¢, or 0.56%, to $52.15.

Information technology gained 0.34%.

CGI Group Inc. gained 25¢, or 2.15%, to $11.87.

The S&P TSX Venture Exchange gained 14.12, or 0.52%, to 2,730.49.

The Canadian dollar finished up 0.40 to US99.49¢.

In New York, markets were little moved as investors anticipated next week’s interest rate decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

The Dow Jones industrial average gained 5.69 points, or 0.04%, to 13,625.58, the Nasdaq composite index dipped 2.87, or 0.11%, to 2,706.16, the S&P 500 fell 2.68, or 0.18%, to 1,504.66.

For the week, however, all three major U.S. stock indexes finished with gains. The Dow wa up 1.9%, the S&P 500 rose 1.6% and the Nasdaq gained 1.7%.