US blue chips edged higher on Friday after Ford Motor Co. raised its earnings forecasts, but wireless technology provider Qualcomm Inc. held back the Nasdaq after saying an accounting review may reduce pretax income.
The Dow Jones industrial average was up 24.26 points, or 0.24 percent, at 10,268.75. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 2.93 points, or 0.26 percent, at 1,126.43. The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index was up 0.44 points, or 0.02 percent, at 1,904.52.