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Upticks, downticksThe following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the Big Board and the Naz. Data from the Associated Press:

Shars in most regional stocks fell Friday along with the rest of the market. The exceptions were bank stocks, including Commerce Bancshares and UMB Financial Corp.

Commerce gained 26 cents to $40.68, while UMB closed at $39.48, up 7 cents.

YRC Worldwide also finished in positive territory, at $1.25, up 12 cents.

Garmin down 64 cents, and Waddell & Reed, down 48 cents, led the losers' list for the day.

From Bloomberg News

Harley-Davidson Inc. reached a tentative labor agreement that would keep open a York, Pa.,factory that’s the motorcycle maker’s largest plant, a union official said.

Members of Local 175 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers will vote on the proposed contract on Dec. 2, Paul Cover Jr., a union negotiator, said Friday. The plant had 2,400 employees as of May 13.

Harley plays the fieldKansas City was among the first to drop out of the running for landing a Harley-Davidson manufacturing plant.

Upticks, downticksThe following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the Big Board and the Naz. Data from the Associated Press:

Nobody seemed happy Thursday in the stock market.

Not a single major regional stock finished in positive territory for the day. the biggest losers were Cerner, Layne Christensen, DST, and UMB Financial were the biggest losers.

Sprint's three-day rally came to an end. The stock failed to breach $4, instead falling 10 cents to close at $3.85.

On Wall Street, signs of a subdued economic recovery sent investors out of stocks Thursday and in search of safer assets like the dollar.

Upticks, downticksThe following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the Big Board and the Naz. Data from the Associated Press:

Sprint shares gained for the third consecutive day Wednesday following a rating boost from an analyst.

The stock closed just under $4 a share, at $3.95. It was up 25 cents on the day, after starting lower in early trading.

In other regional stock news:
--H&R Block will release its fiscal 2010 second-quarter earnings on Dec. 8, before the opening of trading. Shares in Block closed at $20.77, up 9 cents.

Updated with YRC comment
Another YRC asset dumpIt's been described as a gem of a building: Large, clean, well-lit, and 202 truck bays. The "Cadillac" of trucking terminals as one analyst described it.

Regional bank stocks picked up the pace on an otherwise lackluster day Tuesday.

Shares in UMB Financial, Commerce Bancshares and Capitol Federal Financial posted gains.

Tax giant H&R Block also was up, but mutual fund company Waddell & Reed fell.

Sprint was up again Tuesday, adding 20 cents to its gain from Monday that followed a bullish analyst report.

On Wall Street, stocks finished an erratic session mixed Tuesday as higher commodity prices lifted energy and materials shares.