Shares of Alphabet Inc. Cl A slid 0.98% to $192.04 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.54% to 5,827.04 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.

Stocks logged small gains Wednesday on two major indexes, despite uninspiring economic reports and some ominous words from the president-elect. The S&P 500 finished the day up 0.2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 0.

Good news on the U.S. economy is back to being bad for Wall Street. The S&P 500 swung to a loss of 1.1% after a pair of reports on the

News Corp Cl B closed $2.45 short of its 52-week high ($32.87), which the company achieved on December 3rd.