Energy Is the Only Clear Winner Friday as Staples, Financials and Discretionary Sell Off

Energy was the lone clear winner among S&P 500 sectors on Friday, rising 2.6% as crude climbed. Consumer staples fell 1.92%, communication services 1.78%, consumer discretionary 1.66% and financials 1.32%.

The S&P 500 closed down 0.5% at 7,623.68 and NYSE decliners outnumbered advancers by 1.72 to 1. The equal-weight S&P 500 lost 0.77%, showing the weakness was broad.

Year to date, the Russell 2000 is up 11.8%, the Nasdaq 11.7%, the S&P 500 11.4% and the Dow 8.6%.