Some gains, mostly declines for south Alabama and state stocks

Some gains, mostly declines for south Alabama and state stocks

Wall Street closed out a downer of week with more losses and so did our Mobile and Alabama Stock Report. Still, a silver lining: there were more gains Friday than on Thursday.

Target and Community Health Systems led the drops at -4% and -3.5%, respectively. Close to home, Computer Programs and Systems fell 2.9%.

Enviva bucked the downward trend to lead the gainers at 3.8%. U.S. Steel was the other decent gainer at 2.5%.

Overall, Wall Street wheezed to more losses Friday as it limped to the finish of its worst week in six months.

The S&P 500 slipped 9.94 points, or 0.2%, to 4,320.06 after a late-day swoon erased a modest gain it had held for most of the day. It capped an ugly slide caused by Wall Street’s growing understanding that interest rates likely won’t come down much anytime soon.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 106.58 points, or 0.3%, to 33,963.84, and the Nasdaq composite dipped 12.18, or 0.1%, to 13,211.81.