Wall Street Ends Down After Mostly Negative Week

Wall Street Ends Down After Mostly Negative Week
Traders Michael Urkonis (L), John Santiago (C), and Thomas Ferrigno work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 9, 2021. Richard Drew/AP Photo
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Wall Street finished lower on Friday, weighed down by Big Tech as investors worried about the Omicron coronavirus variant and digested the Federal Reserve’s decision to end its pandemic-era stimulus faster.

All three main U.S. stock indexes ended with a decline for the week after the Fed on Wednesday signaled three quarter-percentage-point interest rate hikes by the end of 2022 to combat surging inflation.