The Dow Jones Industrials dipped 48.88 points to 34,534.69.
The S&P 500 moved lower 22.34 points to 4,477.87
The NASDAQ Composite slid 188 points, or 1.4%, to 13,709.30.
Despite a mild rebound Thursday, the major averages were headed for weekly declines. The S&P 500 declined 1%, and the NASDAQ was down 2.6%, for the week through Thursday’s close.
The Dow was down 0.7% week to date. Those losses would mark the first weekly losses for the S&P 500 and NASDAQ in four weeks. Meanwhile, the Dow is headed for back-to-back weekly declines.
The losses have been driven by a change of tone by the Federal Reserve, signaling it will act even more aggressively to fight inflation.
Tech stocks dipped on Friday as investors dumped the riskier shares in anticipation of higher interest rates limiting the group’s future profit growth.
Chipmakers like Nvidia and Micron, which have struggled amid supply chain shortages and concerns of a looming recession, dipped 2% while shares of Tesla, Alphabet, and Apple inched 1% lower.
UPS and Union Pacific both fell about 1% on the back of a downgrade from Bank of America citing concerns about weakening demand and declining prices in the industry.
The health-care and consumer staples sectors rallied this week as investors worried about a slowing economy pivoted toward stocks with stable earnings. Walmart and UnitedHealth Group inched higher again on Friday.
Treasury prices fell as yields increased to 2.69%, from Thursday’s 2.65%. Treasury prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Oil prices forged ahead 13 cents to $96.16 U.S. a barrel.
Gold prices added $3.70 to $1,941.50 U.S. an ounce.