Wall Street has been able to maintain its gains Friday and turned down at the end of a shortened session and low volumes, a strong commercial start of the period of Christmas and New year could not compensate all fears arising from the debt crisis in the euro area.
However, U.S. consumers flocked to the doors of department stores, which opened earlier this Black Friday, traditionally the day that launches shopping season in the United States.
The markets were closed yesterday for Thanksgiving. The "Black Friday" is traditionally one of the least active day on Wall Street.
The S & P distribution, up much of the session ends with a loss of 0.84%.Wal-Mart has taken all the same 0.44% to 56.89 dollars.
The Dow Jones lost 25.77 points (0.23%) to 11,231.78 points. The S & P-500 loose 3.12 points (0.27%) to 1158.67 points. The Nasdaq Composite yield 18.57 points (0.75%) to 2441.51 points.
On the whole week, the Dow lost 4.8%, the S & P 4.7% and the Nasdaq 5.1%. This is the largest weekly loss in the S & P in two months.
"It's hard to say we had a session today, since there was virtually no one," said Kevin Kruzenski (KeyBanc Capital Markets).
"The market is oversold and some based on the hope the holiday season, but the general sentiment remains weak.