How major US stock indexes fared on Friday

Retailers and smaller U.S. companies jumped again Friday as they continued to report strong third-quarter results, but technology companies and other big U.S. corporations couldn’t add to the previous day’s gains.

On Friday:

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index lost 6.79 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 2,578.85.

The Dow Jones industrial average declined 100.12 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 23,358.24.

The Nasdaq composite slid 10.50 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 6,782.79.

The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks added 5.94 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 1,492.82.

For the week:

The S&P 500 fell 3.45 points, or 0.1 per cent.

The Dow sank 63.97 points, or 0.3 per cent.

The Nasdaq rose 31.85 points, or 0.5 per cent.

The Russell 2000 gained 17.55 points, or 1.2 per cent.

For the year:

The S&P 500 is up 340.02 points, 15.2 per cent.

The Dow is up 3,595.64 points, or 18.2 per cent.

The Nasdaq is up 1,399.67 points, or 26 per cent.

The Russell 2000 is up 135.69 points, or 10 per cent.