The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Friday shed more than 1,095 points for the week, which would be its steepest weekly slide since Oct. 10 2008, when it shed 1,874 points, according to FactSet data. The Dow ended down 666 points, or about 2.5%, Friday as Treasury yields gathered steam following an upbeat jobs report. On a percentage basis, the weekly decline, 4.1%, would be the worst for the blue-chip gauge since the 6.2% weekly decline in early January of 2016. Rising yields can undercut appetite for assets perceived as risky, including stocks. The S&P 500 index , meanwhile, finished down 2.1%, at 2,762, while the Nasdaq Composite Index gave up 2% at 7,240.
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