trading: However, trading volume was light, as is typical for the final trading week of the year, according to Market Watch. Markets will be closed for the New Year's Day holiday on Monday. The day's losses were broad, with all but two of the 11 primary S&P 500 sectors ending lower. Whatever moves we're seeing today are definitely exacerbated by low trading volume, as there are no major stories moving markets, said Steve Sosnick, equity-risk manager at Timber Hill/Interactive Brokers Group. See also These are the best and worst performing assets of 2016 Read These ETFs could make your 2017 a happy new year Wall Street stocks have been in a particular uptrend since last month's presidential election, which sparked a rally that has contributed the bulk of the year's gains. Some people may be rebalancing their portfolios ahead of year-end, and if you're trying to make major portfolio changes on a light-volume day, it will definitely cause the market to move.
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