The Nasdaq composite fell about 7 points to end the day just below 1, 700.
In other trading, the Nasdaq composite rose 3.66 points to 3, 396.63, up 0.1 percent.
The Nasdaq composite index rose 41 points to 3, 381, an increase of 1.2 percent.
In other trading, the Nasdaq composite gained 11 points, or 0.4 percent, to 3, 201.
The Nasdaq Composite, traditionally a measure of technology stocks, fell the 2.0%, or 51.38, to 2, 562.94.
The Nasdaq Composite (COMP) shed 2.6%, while the Russell 2000 Index dropped 2.3% last week.
The Nasdaq composite index shed 24.47, or 1.6 percent, to 1, 555.08, its worst finish since October 1998.
The Nasdaq Composite fell 5%, even worse than the 4.3% drop by the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
The Nasdaq Composite climbed 54.65 points, or 1.8%, to 3122.57, its highest finish in more than a decade.
The Nasdaq composite lost 25 points or 2%, to end at 1, 268.64, its lowest point since Oct. 9, 2002.
The Nasdaq Composite Index, dominated by technology stocks, rose 0.34% to 3267.52 Thursday.
The NASDAQ Composite beats later and expansion stage funds and all the public indexes beat early and multi-stage funds.
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It was down 6.32% for the year, when the NASDAQ composite gained 22.3%.
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There were quite a few headlines when the Nasdaq Composite surpassed its 2007 high of 2815, closing Thursday at 2872.50.
The Nasdaq Composite, however, closed the week barely in negative year-to-date territory, below its Dec. 31, 2010 close at 2, 652.87.
The Nasdaq Composite did the best of the major averages gaining 1.1% with Consumer Discretionary the top sector, up 3%.
Hampered by news of a slump in personal computer shipments, the Nasdaq Composite Index rose 2.90 points, or 0.1%, to 3300.16.
Hilal notes that the stock is down 8% over the last three months, versus a 3% gain for the Nasdaq Composite.
However, the Nasdaq Composite Index remains about 35% below its March 2000 high, reached at the peak of the technology-stock boom.
The day's declines snapped a string of modest gains that had seen the Nasdaq Composite creep higher for six consecutive days.
Consider the NASDAQ Composite Index of 2, 605 stocks, after its rally, rests at only 60 percent of its bubble high in 2006.
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The Nasdaq composite index rose 23.78 points, or 0.7 percent, to 3, 491.30.
The Nasdaq Composite Index pulled back 38.82 points, or 1.1%, to 3463.30.
The Nasdaq Composite Index pulled back 35 points, or 1%, to 3467.
The Dow was essentially unchanged last Monday when it slipped 0.34% to 9, 605.5 but the Nasdaq composite index gained 0.5% to 1, 695.4.
The Nasdaq Composite, meanwhile was in positive territory last week, gaining 0.6%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1% and the Nasdaq Composite Index gained 1.2%, as technology stocks led much of the day's advance.
The Nasdaq Composite dipped by 2.9% during the week, but the Dow Jones was buffered by an optimistic long-term outlook from General Electric.
Despite a 31% drop since the beginning of the year, it still may be premature to call a bottom for the Nasdaq Composite.
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