NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted through a quiet Friday as Wall Street closed an unusually calm week.
The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% to finish the week with a modest dip of 0.5%. It’s the first week in seven where the index at the heart of many 401(k) accounts moved by less than 1.5%, after careening on fears about President Donald Trump’s trade war and hopes that he’ll relent on some of his tariffs.
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