Even though markets slipped on Friday, driven by tumbling oil prices and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s poor performance, major indexes were still up for the week.
The S&P 500 Index closed down 0.1 percent on Friday afternoon, with Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: VRTX) and Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ: STX) having posted the largest declines – 6.12 percent and 5.61 percent, respectively.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.16 percent. Among the largest decliners were Apple, which fell 2.01 percent on reports that iPhone production cuts could be stretched into the calendar second quarter of the year, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS), which was down 1.45 percent.
The Nasdaq 100 Index also fell 0.16 percent on Friday trading, driven by losses at Vertex, Seagate and Western Digital Corp (NASDAQ: WDC), which tumbled 3.18 percent.
Among the most active stocks of the day was ENSCO PLC (NYSE: p>
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