Honda led a mixed day of trading Friday among stocks of local interest in Birmingham, reaching its 52-week high of $30.74 per share, a 2.4 percent increase on the day.

Honda Manufacturing of Alabama has more than 2,200 employees at its assembly operation near Lincoln.

The news wasn’t as good for retailer Target, whose shares fell 3.3 percent to close at $126.99, which puts its near its 52-week low.

Losers outnumbered winners on our local index Friday, even asWall Street inched higher on the day.

The S&P 500 rose 4.93, or 0.1%, to 4,298.86 to cap its fourth straight winning week.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 43.17, or 0.1%, to 33,876.78, and the Nasdaq composite gained 20.62, or 0.2%, to 13,259.14.