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* Financials, materials lead declines among sectors * S&P 500 falls below 50-day moving average * Or

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- Wall Street finished lower on Friday, weighed down by Big Tech as investors worried about the Omicron coronavirus variant and digested the Federal Reserve's decision to end its pandemic-era stimulus faster.All three main U.S. stock indexes ended with a decline for the week after the Fed on Wednesday signaled three quarter-percentage-point interest rate hikes by the end of 2022 to combat surging inflation.Nvidia dropped 2.1% and Alphabet lost 1.9%, both weighing on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq.The S

* Fed to end bond purchases, signals rate hikes in 2022 * Tech is worst among 11 S&P 500 sector inde

Fed says it will end bond purchases in March Tech and healthcare the strongest sectors Indexes: Dow

* Fed policy decision awaited on Wednesday * November PPI logs highest rise since 2010 * Tech leads

* Pfizer to buy Arena Pharma, shares of both companies rise * Meme stocks GameStop, AMC slump to mul

The main event for investors this week will be the Federal Reserve’s rate-setting committee’s last meeting of 2021. Recent commentary from officials has leaned more hawkish, setting up a potential announcement of plans to accelerate monthly asset purchase tapering.The Federal Open Market Committee’s two-day meeting takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday.Earnings reports this week are few, but will include Campbell Soup on Tuesday;Lennar,Accenture,FedEx,Rivian Automotive, and Adobe on Thursday; and

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