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title: "The S&P 500 Index closed down 1.2%, the technology sector fell 2.1%, and the energy sector rose 2.2%"
description: "The S&P 500 Index closed down 1.2%, the technology sector fell 2.1%, and the energy sector rose 2.2%. The Nasdaq 100 Index closed down 1.9%, CEG fell 6.9%, and Adobe rose 1.9%. Caterpillar closed down"
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published_at: "2025-12-17T21:00:24.000Z"
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# The S&P 500 Index closed down 1.2%, the technology sector fell 2.1%, and the energy sector rose 2.2%

> The S&P 500 Index closed down 1.2%, the technology sector fell 2.1%, and the energy sector rose 2.2%. The Nasdaq 100 Index closed down 1.9%, CEG fell 6.9%, and Adobe rose 1.9%. Caterpillar closed down 4.8%, Nike and Cisco fell 2%, while Home Depot and others rose over 1%

The S&P 500 Index closed down 1.2% preliminarily, with the technology sector down 2.1%, the telecommunications sector down 1.9%, the industrial sector down 1.7%, the consumer discretionary sector down 1.2%, and the energy sector up 2.2%.  
The Nasdaq 100 Index closed down 1.9% preliminarily. Among the constituents, nuclear power stock CEG fell 6.9%, ASML ADR, Palantir, AMD, Arm Holdings, and Lam Research fell up to 5.6%, Tesla fell 4.4%, Nvidia fell 3.7%, Adobe rose 1.9%, Gilead Sciences rose 2.1%, and Diamondback Energy rose 3.6%.  
Caterpillar closed down 4.8% preliminarily, Nike and Cisco fell 2%, leading the declines among Dow components along with Nvidia, while Home Depot, Salesforce, McDonald's, Procter & Gamble, Chevron, and others rose over 1%

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- [NKE.US - Nike](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/NKE.US.md)
- [HD.US - Home Depot](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/HD.US.md)

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