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Stocks fall as S&P 500 caps worst year since 2008
Shares closed decreased across the board on Friday to complete off the worst 12 months for the U.S. inventory industry considering that the economic crisis. When the year’s closing closing bell rang on Friday, the S&P 500 and Dow had been every off about .2{515baef3fee8ea94d67a98a2b336e0215adf67d225b0e21a4f5c9b13e8fbd502}, though the tech-significant Nasdaq fell a additional modest .1{515baef3fee8ea94d67a98a2b336e0215adf67d225b0e21a4f5c9b13e8fbd502}. With Friday’s losses, the S&P 500 fell 19.4{515baef3fee8ea94d67a98a2b336e0215adf67d225b0e21a4f5c9b13e8fbd502} in 2022, its premier calendar-12 months decrease since a 38{515baef3fee8ea94d67a98a2b336e0215adf67d225b0e21a4f5c9b13e8fbd502} fall in 2008. Closing at 3,839.50 on Friday, the S&P 500 now stands at the similar level as March 2021. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 33{515baef3fee8ea94d67a98a2b336e0215adf67d225b0e21a4f5c9b13e8fbd502} and stands at the identical stage as July 2020. The Dow, in the…