The S&P 500 fell 7.69 points, or
0.3 per cent, to 2656.30. The loss pared the index's gain for the week
to 2 per cent. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 122.91, or 0.5
per cent, to 24,360.14, and the Nasdaq composite lost 33.60, or 0.5 per
cent, to 7106.65.
As a group, financial stocks in the S&P 500
fell 1.6 per cent, more than double the loss for any of the other 10
sectors that make up the index.
In the commodities market, gold rose $US6 to settle at $US1347.90 per ounce, silver added 19 cents to $US16.66 per ounce and copper rose a penny to $US3.07 per pound.
Natural gas rose 5 cents to $US2.74 per 1000 cubic feet, heating oil gained 2 cents to $US2.10 per gallon and wholesale gasoline added 1 cent to $US2.07 per gallon.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note slipped to 2.82 per cent from 2.84 per cent late Thursday.
In European stock markets, France's CAC
40 edged up 0.1 per cent, and Germany's DAX gained 0.2 per cent. The
FTSE 100 in London rose 0.1 per cent.
Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 0.5 per cent, South Korea's Kospi advanced 0.5 per cent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index edged down 0.1 per cent.
In the commodities market, gold rose $US6 to settle at $US1347.90 per ounce, silver added 19 cents to $US16.66 per ounce and copper rose a penny to $US3.07 per pound.
Natural gas rose 5 cents to $US2.74 per 1000 cubic feet, heating oil gained 2 cents to $US2.10 per gallon and wholesale gasoline added 1 cent to $US2.07 per gallon.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note slipped to 2.82 per cent from 2.84 per cent late Thursday.
The
dollar rose to 107.41 Japanese yen from 107.23 yen late Thursday. The
euro rose to $US1.2334 from $US1.2329, and the British pound rose to
$US1.4237 from $US1.4225.
Japan's Nikkei 225 rose 0.5 per cent, South Korea's Kospi advanced 0.5 per cent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index edged down 0.1 per cent.
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