U.S. stocks fell during Friday trading, with the Nasdaq Composite down 1.09%, the steepest decline of the three major benchmarks as all three indexes moved lower. The S&P 500 was lower by 0.50%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average eased 0.04%. The numbers show points during the session rather than closing results.
The session opened on mixed footing. The Dow and S&P 500 were up 0.33% and 0.27%, respectively, while the Nasdaq Composite edged down 0.01%, as EconoTimes’ earlier Friday market snapshot reported. All three benchmarks had turned lower in the later reading.
In a separate market reading at 9:59 a.m. ET Friday (14:59 UTC), Bitcoin (BTC) was priced at $68,868, down 3.62% over 24 hours, while Ether (ETH) stood at $1,947.72, lower by 2.65%; the crypto measurement covers a different time span from the indexes’ intraday changes.
