U.S. stocks were flat on Friday at the end of a rough week for markets, which have tumbled this week after a spike in rates to begin the year, mixed economic data and concerns about Federal Reserve tightening.
The Dow Jones Industrials ducked 14.88 points to 36,221.59.
The S&P 500 index fell 9.03 points to 4,687.02.
The NASDAQ docked 70.47 points at 15,010.39.
The Dow is down just 0.2% for the week. The S&P has lost 1.3% and the tech-heavy NASDAQ has fallen 3.2%.
In trading Friday, GameStop shares soared more than 15% following news that the company is venturing into the crypto world with investments in a marketplace for nonfungible tokens and digital currency partnerships to create games and other items.
Elsewhere, shares of Starbucks fell about 3% after both RBC and Oppenheimer downgraded the coffee giant on the notion that the stock may have peaked in the near term and will struggle to grow profits ahead.
Also, Discovery's stock rose 3.8% after Bank of America upgraded the company, saying that it should gain as benefits with Warner Media become clearer.
On Friday the Labor Department reported the U.S. economy added far fewer jobs in December than expected. The non-farm payrolls report showed an increase of 199,000 in December, though economists had expected growth of 422,000, according to Dow Jones.
While the headline number disappointed, there were some things in this jobs report that pointed to an improving economic picture and higher inflation. Average hourly earnings increased by 0.6%, above expectations. And the unemployment rate fell to 3.9%, the lowest level since Feb 2020 and well below the 4.1% expected.
Prices for 10-year Treasurys fell, raising yields to 1.76% from Thursday's 1.73%. Treasury prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Oil prices demurred 28 cents to $79.18 U.S. a barrel.
Gold prices nosed up $1.40 to $1,790.60 U.S. an ounce.