S&P 500 ends barely higher; Amazon a boost

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed slightly higher on Friday as inflation worries and some struggling technology and energy stocks were offset by an advance in the consumer discretionary sector, led by Amazon .

Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones Industrial Average <.DJI> fell 11.15 points, or 0.05 percent, to 24,311.19, the S&P 500 <.SPX> gained 2.97 points, or 0.11 percent, to 2,669.91 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> added 1.12 points, or 0.02 percent, to 7,119.80.

(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)