the dow closed modestly higher friday but all three major stock indexes finished the week lower after the federal reserves march meeting minutes outlined its tentative plans to cut the size of its 9 trillion balance sheet at a record pace the dow jones industrial average djia advanced about 139 points or 04 friday to end near 34723 but was off 03 for the week the sp 500 index spx shed 03 friday and 13 for the week while the ratesensitive nasdaq composite index comp fell another 13 friday and 39 for the week according to factset with the fed eyeing aggressive moves to tighten financial conditions to help tame inflation treasury yields across the credit curve set new oneyear highs on friday with the benchmark 10year rate at 2713 its highest yield since march 5 2019 according to dow jones market data all eyes next week will be on the march reading of the consumerprice index due tuesday with forecasters expecting the headline reading to top 8 and for quarterly corporate earnings to kick off in earnest