Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq end week lower — chip rally, bank jitters, and next week’s big tests
U.S. stocks finished Friday nearly unchanged, but all three major indexes logged weekly losses as the fourth-quarter earnings season kicked off. The Dow dropped 83.11 points, or 0.17%, to 49,359.33. The S&P 500 edged down 4.46 points, or 0.06%, to 6,940.01, while the Nasdaq slipped 14.63 points, also 0.06%, to 23,515.39. For the week, the S&P 500 fell 0.38%, the Nasdaq lost 0.66%, and the Dow declined 0.29%. Small caps held up, with the Russell 2000 closing at a fresh record high. “Most investors will take that as a win,” said Anthony Saglimbene of Ameriprise Financial. Granite Wealth’s Bruce Zaro described mid-January as “pretty choppy.”