LIVE MARKETS-Nasdaq late to New Year party

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NASDAQ LATE TO NEW YEAR PARTY

The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was a laggard on Friday, being the only major stock index to end in the red, but given light trading volume the day after the New Year holiday it is too soon to make any conclusions on how tech stocks are likely to look this year.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was the best performer, ending up 0.66% on the day.

There is now only one day of trading left to see whether the Santa Rally materializes with the period it covers, the last five trading days of the year and the first two trading days of the new year, ending on Monday.

The S&P 500 .SPX is currently on track for a 0.74% loss for this period, after posting only a 0.19% gain on Friday.

Sector-wise, energy .SPNY and industrials .SPLRCI led gainers on Friday, while consumer discretionary .SPLRCD and communication services .SPLRCL took the biggest losses.

Here is Friday’s closing market snapshot:

(Karen Brettell)

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