How major US stock indexes fared Friday

Stocks around the world plunged Friday as investors feared that a trade conflict between the U.S. and China, the biggest economies in the world, would escalate. A second day of big losses pushed U.S. stocks to their worst week in two years.

On Friday:

The S&P 500 index tumbled 55.43 points, or 2.1 per cent, to 2,588.26.

The Dow Jones industrial average skidded 424.69 points, or 1.8 per cent, to 23,533.20.

The Nasdaq composite shed 174.01 points, or 2.4 per cent, to 6,992.67.

The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks gave up 33.79 points, or 2.2 per cent, to 1,510.08.

For the week:

The S&P 500 retreated 163.75 points, or 6 per cent.

The Dow lost 1,413.31 points, or 5.7 per cent.

The Nasdaq fell 489.32 points, or 6.5 per cent.

The Russell 2000 dropped 75.97 points, or 4.8 per cent.

For the year:

The S&P 500 is down 85.35 points, or 3.2 per cent.

The Dow is down 1,186.02 points, or 4.8 per cent.

The Nasdaq is up 89.27 points, or 1.3 per cent.

The Russell 2000 is down 25.43 points, or 1.7 per cent.