U.S. market indexes were lower on Friday.
For the day the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 21,580.07 for a loss of 31.71 points or 0.15%. The Standard & Poor's 500 closed at 2,472.54 for a loss of 0.91 points or 0.04%. The Nasdaq Composite closed at 6,387.75 for a loss of 2.25 points or 0.04%. The VIX Volatility Index was lower for the day at 9.39 for a loss of 0.19 points or 1.98%.
For the week, the Dow Jones was down 0.27%, the S&P 500 gained 0.53%, and the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.16%.
Friday’s market movers
No market moving economic reports were released on Friday.
Losses from large cap Dow Jones stocks kept valuations lower. In the Dow Jones Industrial Average the following stocks led losses:
- General Electric (GE, Financial) -2.94%.
- Chevron (CVX, Financial) -1.34%.
- Johnson & Johnson (JNJ, Financial) -0.94%.
- ExxonMobil (XOM, Financial) -0.91%.
- Goldman Sachs (GS, Financial) -0.82%.
- 3M (MMM, Financial) -0.72%.
- Caterpillar (CAT, Financial) -0.67%.
- Microsoft (MSFT, Financial) -0.59%.
In the broad market, energy stocks led losses. Technology stocks were also lower with the S&P 500 technology sector down -0.12%.
Small-cap stocks
In small-caps, the Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,435.84 for a loss of 6.52 points or 0.45%. The S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 868.25 for a loss of 4.02 points or 0.46%. The Dow Jones Small-Cap Growth TSM Index closed at 8,705.24 for a loss of 27.44 points or 0.31%. The Dow Jones Small-Cap Value TSM Index closed at 9,682.14 for a loss of 42.50 points or 0.44%.
Other notable indexes
Other notable index closes included the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index at 1,773.92 for a loss of 4.69 points or 0.26%; the S&P 100 Index at 1,087.74 for a loss of 1.52 points or 0.14%; the Russell 3000 Index at 1,464.69 for a loss of 1.09 points or 0.07%; the Russell 1000 Index at 1,370.12 for a loss of 0.59 points or 0.04%; and the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index at 666.60 for a gain of 0.38 points or 0.06%.
