NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street wrestled with intensifying economic worries Friday, extending sharp losses after a disheartening jobs report and then grudgingly engaging in some bargain hunting that gave the market some modest gains. The major indexes ended the week with big declines, a sign that investors, who are growing increasingly discouraged.Stocks initially fell after the Labor Department reported that payrolls shrank more than predicted last month and that the unemployment rate reached a five-year high. But stocks that had been pounded lower, including a huge drop on Thursday, were suddenly more attractive to investors willing to make some bets.Investors picked up some of the stocks hit in the sell- off, particularly banks and insurers. That lifted the market off its lows, but it was hardly a solid advance.

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