Wall Street’s Tough Week Eases at the End as Stocks Drift

Wall Street’s Tough Week Eases at the End as Stocks Drift
The New York Stock Exchange in New York on Feb. 24, 2022. Seth Wenig/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—The toughest week for Wall Street in nearly two months came to a quiet end on Friday, as stock indexes drifted to a mixed finish.

The S&P 500 rose 0.2 percent, but it still ended the week with a drop of 1.1 percent, which was its worst since December. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 169 points, or 0.5 percent, while the Nasdaq composite fell 0.6 percent.