Updated from 4:18 p.m. EST
Stocks in New York had an erratic session before ending lower Friday, as optimism surrounding the probability of more rate cuts had to contend with another sign the U.S. economy is in danger of sliding into, or already in, a recession.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 100 earlier, rebounded to go positive, then proceeded to slide by more than 200 points. At the close, the index had fallen 146.70 points, or 1.2%, to 11,893.69. The S&P 500 was down 10.97 points, or 0.8%, at 1293.37, and the Nasdaq was off 8.01 points, or 0.4%, at 2212.49.
Breadth was poor. Roughly 4.48 billion shares changed hands on the New York Stock Exchange, and some 2.38 billion traded on the Nasdaq. Decliners outpaced advancers 3 to 2. ...
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