Money | stock market Stocks Slip on Last Trading Day of 2017 But Standard & Poor's 500 index closes its best year 4 years By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Dec 29, 2017 3:24 PM CST Copied In this Friday, June 23, 2017 file photo, trader Michael Milano, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) Stocks ended lower on the final trading day of 2017, capping the best year for the Standard & Poor's 500 index in four years, the AP reports. Losses in the technology, financial, and health care sectors outweighed slight gains for consumer products makers Friday. Advanced Micro Devices gave up 2.6%. Trading was light ahead of the New Year's Day holiday. Prices for crude oil and natural gas climbed. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 13 points, or 0.5%, to 2,673. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 11 points, or 0.5%, to 24,719. The Nasdaq composite lost 46 points, or 0.7%, to 6,903. Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 2.41%. Read These Next New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. Iran's supreme leader makes first public comments since ceasefire. Man accused of killing his daughters might be dead. Her blood isn't compatible with anyone else's. Report an error