Stocks drifted on Wall Street and oil prices fell for the first time in a week, even as heavy fighting in the Middle East again threatened to slow the global flow of oil.
The S&P 500 rose less than 0.1 percent Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.5 percent, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.6 percent. All three indexes finished the week lower.
After shooting to $102 a barrel a day earlier, Brent crude fell almost 4 percent to settle at $96.78 a barrel.
Treasury yields moved lower in the bond market.
On Friday:
The S&P 500 rose 3.68 points, or less than 0.1 percent, to 7,411.98.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 235.60 points, or 0.5 percent, to 51,947.25.
The Nasdaq composite fell 161.87 points, or 0.6 percent, to 24,975.82.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 10.16 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,930.00.
For the week:
The S&P 500 is down 45.71 points, or 0.6 percent.
The Dow is down 199.17 points, or 0.4 percent.
The Nasdaq is down 544.42 points, or 2.1 percent.
The Russell 2000 is down 32.22 points, or 1.1 percent.
For the year:
The S&P 500 is up 566.48 points, or 8.3 percent.
The Dow is up 3,883.96 points, or 8.1 percent.
The Nasdaq is up 1,733.83 points, or 7.5 percent.
The Russell 2000 is up 448.09 points, or 18.1 percent.
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