Shares of retailers fell Friday after Amazon.com said it would buy Whole Foods Market, potentially squeezing their competitors. Technology stocks also slipped, extending losses for a sector that has been under pressure lately. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 0.2% Friday, putting its weekly loss at 0.9%, while the S&P 500 added less than 0.1%. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 24 points, or 0.1%, to 21384. Tech remains the best-performing S&P 500 sector in the index in 2017, up 17% year-to-date. But some recent sessions have been rough for the group. Since June 8, declines in stocks including Apple and Google parent Alphabet have dragged the sector down nearly 4% as investors pulled back from one of the most profitable trades of the year so far. The sector notched its third consecutive session of declines Friday. The U.S. gold price was largely unchanged finishing at 1,253.40 US$/oz on Friday.
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