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* Indexes down: Dow 0.16%, S&P 500 0.47%, Nasdaq 0.66%
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By Shreyashi Sanyal and Devik Jain
Sept 18 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks turned lower in volatile
trading on Friday as worries about rising coronavirus cases and
a patchy economic recovery dampened risk sentiment, with
technology-related stocks reversing early gains to extend their
declines to a third day.
Wall Street's three main indexes bounced earlier this week
as investors bet on a loose monetary policy by the Federal
Reserve, but gains petered out in the absence of firm details on
the central bank's stimulus plan.
The S&P 500 .SPX and the Nasdaq .IXIC have also come
under pressure from investors rotating out of high-flying
tech-related stocks and into industrial and transportation
firms.
"There's no urgency to sort of step-up-and-buy the market
because a lot of people have many questions about coronavirus,
the election, the Federal Reserve and the lack of fiscal
stimulus, and then there are questions about valuations," said
Robert Pavlik, chief investment strategist at SlateStone Wealth
LLC in New York.
Apple Inc AAPL.O , Microsoft Corp MSFT.O , Amazon.com Inc
AMZN.O and Alphabet Inc GOOGL.O led declines on the Nasdaq,
which fell between 1.5% and 2%.
Volatility is likely to be higher on Friday related to a
quarterly expiration of U.S. stock options, stock index futures
and index option contracts, known as "quadruple witching".
Out of the 11 major S&P 500 sectors, financials .SPSY and
industrials .SLPRCI rose the most, while technology .SLPRCT ,
real estate .SLPRCR and utilities .SLPRCU were the biggest
decliners.
Industrials, materials .SPLRCM and energy .SPNY have
gained more than 2% so far this week, while communication
services .SPLRCL and consumer discretionary .SPLRCD eyed the
biggest weekly declines.
At 11:27 a.m. ET the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was
down 45.63 points, or 0.16%, at 27,856.35, the S&P 500 .SPX
was down 15.74 points, or 0.47%, at 3,341.27 and the Nasdaq
Composite .IXIC was down 71.77 points, or 0.66%, at 10,838.51.
Tesla rose 5% as two analysts raised their price targets on
the electric carmaker's shares ahead of its highly anticipated
"Battery Day" event next week. Oracle Corp ORCL.N fell 0.1% after Reuters reported the
U.S. Commerce Department plans to issue an order on Friday that
will bar people in the United States from downloading
Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok
starting on Sept. 20.
Nike Inc NKE.N rose 0.3% as several brokerages raised
their price targets ahead of the world's largest sportswear
maker's quarterly results next week.
On a bright note, a survey showed U.S. consumer sentiment
improved in early September. Declining issues outnumbered advancers for a 1.11-to-1 ratio
on the NYSE. Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a
1.35-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.
The S&P index recorded 10 new 52-week highs and no new low,
while the Nasdaq recorded 54 new highs and nine new lows.