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Wall Street has been hit by a brutal market sell-off this year.
  • US stocks closed mixed on Friday after a volatile trading session amid weak earnings reports. 
  • The S&P 500 suffered its first weekly loss in three weeks and notched its worst one-week decline since December.
  • But the Nasdaq led the weekly sell-off with a drop of more than 2%.

US stocks were mixed at the close on Friday after a volatile session that capped off a losing week for the major indexes. 

The S&P 500 suffered its first weekly loss in three weeks and notched its worst one-week decline since December. But the Nasdaq led the weekly sell-off with a drop of more than 2%.