Stocks Still In The Black For The Week, Despite Friday’s Fall

Stocks fell across the board Friday, as investors fled from disappointing earnings from J.P. Morgan (JPM) and the ongoing turmoil in Europe, following Standard & Poor‘s downgrade of nine countries.

At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) fell 48.96 points, or 0.39%, to 12422.06, recovering some ground after a triple-digit plunge earlier in the day. The S&P 500 (SPX) was off 6.41 points, or 0.49%, to 1289.09, and the Nasdaq (COMPQ) finished down 14.03 points, or 0.51%, to 2710.67.

Still, all three indexes logged their second week of gains in 2012: The Dow is up 0.5% since Monday, while the S&P gained 0.9% for the week and the Nasdaq moved up 1.4%.

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