U.S. stocks sputtered Friday to close out the week in the red. The day’s declines of less than 1% for the broad indexes paled against Tuesday’s, when they sank 4% to 5%.
For the week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA
was down 1,329 points (or 4.1%), closing Friday at 30,822. The benchmark S&P 500
SPX
pulled back 4.8% for the week, while the Nasdaq Composite Index
COMP
gave up 5.5%.
Investors have been jittery, reacting to any sign of continuing consumer price increases or economic strength heading into the Federal Open Market Committee’s meeting on Sept. 20-21. The FOMC will make a policy announcement on Wednesday, Sept. 21, followed by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s press conference.
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Among the S&P 500, 95% of stocks ended the week with declines. On Friday, the highest-profile loser was FedEx Corp., whose shares FDX dropped 21% for the session after the company issued a profit warning, citing weakening business conditions.
Reaction to FedEx:
The week’s worst decliners among the S&P 500
Here’s how the 11 sectors of the S&P 500 fared for the week, sorted by how much they declined:
Index
Price change – 1 week
Price change – 2022
Materials
-6.7%
-19.8%
Real Estate
-6.5%
-22.6%
Communication Services
-6.4%
-34.2%
Industrials
-6.4%
-16.0%
Information Technology
-6.1%
-26.3%
Consumer Discretionary
-4.2%
-23.2%
Utilities
-3.8%
3.4%
Financials
-3.8%
…..
