NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Friday on weakness in manufacturing and financial stocks after bleak data on consumer confidence and construction, but the Dow still snapped a disastrous three-week losing streak with its best weekly gain in 5-1/2 years.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 127.04 points, or 1.41 percent, to end unofficially at 8,852.22, based on the latest available data. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> lost 5.88 points, or 0.62 percent, to finish unofficially at 940.55. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> was off 6.42 points, or 0.37 percent, to close unofficially at 1,711.29.
For the week, the Dow average unofficially gained 4.75 percent, while the S&P 500 unofficially rose 4.6 percent. It was the S&P's best week since February. The Nasdaq unofficially advanced 4.1 percent for the week -- its best week since early August.
(Reporting by Leah Schnurr; Editing by Jan Paschal)
