Stocks were lower across the board late in Friday's session as investors remained cautious about the mounting eurozone crisis heading into the holiday weekend.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 75 points, or 0.6%, at 12,455 after trading at a high of 12,533.
The S&P 500 was lower by 3 points or 0.2% at 1318. The Nasdaq was down 2 points, or 0.1%, at 2838.
Stocks were drifting lower Friday ahead of a long holiday weekend amid lingering eurozone worries.
Even a much stronger than expected final read on consumer sentiment failed to bring out the buyers as chatter about the impending U.S. "fiscal cliff" bubbled up.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 29 points, or 0.23%, at 12,501. The S&P 500 was off less than a point at 1320. The Nasdaq was slumping 7 points, or 0.25%, at 2841.
Wall Street opened mixed Friday as eurozone debt contagion fears continued to pressure market sentiment.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 14.4 points, or 0.1%, at 12,515. The S&P 500 was up 1.7 points, or 0.1%, at 1322. The Nasdaq was up 3.1 points, or 0.1%, at 2843.
The euro bounced off a 22-month low against the dollar after Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said Greece will likely remain in the eurozone and that most European Union leaders at their meeting in Brussels this week supported jointly-issued eurobonds. But it soon trimmed gains, with big investors remaining restless over the uncertainty in Greece. The Financial Times reported that some of Europe's largest fund managers were dumping their euro assets.
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