Arkansas Index falls to 835.11, off 1.35

The Arkansas Index, a price-weighted index that tracks the largest public companies based in the state, closed Friday at 835.11, down 1.35.

Shares of Simmons First National Corp. fell 1.3%. America’s Car-Mart shares rose 1.7%.

The index was developed by Bloomberg News and the Democrat-Gazette with a base value of 100 as of Dec. 30, 1997.