Analysts see few economic clouds on the horizon the short term but worry that high stock valuations could prompt a selloff.
Among individual companies, Dow member Boeing dropped 2.4 per cent after testing identified a fresh software issue with the company's 732 MAX, which remains grounded after two deadly crashes. The crisis over the MAX is expected to result in billions of dollars of additional costs in the upcoming earnings report, Wall Street analysts said Friday.
Retailer Gap fell 0.4 per cent after it spiked an earlier plan to spin off its Old Navy chain. The struggling apparel company is still looking for a permanent chief executive after ousting the prior leader last fall.But a day after breaching US$1 trillion in market value for the first time, Google parent Alphabet moved higher still, advancing 2.0 per cent.
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