NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow and the S&P 500 fell for an eighth day on Friday, as a dramatic late-day comeback stalled out to cap the worst week ever for the S&P 500 amid more anxiety about the condition of credit markets and the threat of a global recession.
Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was down 128.00 points, or 1.49 percent, to end unofficially at 8,451.19. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> dropped 10.70 points, or 1.18 percent,
to close unofficially at 899.22.
The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> inched up 4.39 points, or 0.27 percent, to finish unofficially at 1,649.51.
For the week, both the Dow and the S&P 500 finished down 18 percent, while the Nasdaq unofficially slid 15.3 percent.
(Reporting by Ellis Mnyandu; Editing by Jan Paschal)
