STOCK PRICES RECOVER TO END MOSTLY HIGHER BUT MARKET STILL DOGGED BY FEARS OVER HIGHER INTEREST RATES.(BUSINESS)

Byline: PATRICIA LAMIELL Associated Press

NEW YORK Stock prices ended mostly higher Friday, but the market was dogged by lingering worries that higher interest rates will weaken the economy.

Stocks sagged early in the day in tandem with bond prices and the dollar. The U.S. currency started out weaker in New York for the second consecutive session on concerns about U.S. trade talks with Japan. The dollar stabilized in the afternoon and helped pave the way for a recovery in bonds and stocks.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed at 3,755.11, down 0.32 for the day and 13.6 for the week. But advancing issues edged out decliners by about 11 to 9 …