U.S. stock indexes closed lower Friday, posting a weekly loss to close out the month, with renewed concerns about a rise of cases of the delta variant COVID-19 and disappointing results from Amazon.com partly blamed for the slump. But the benchmark S&P 500 index has posted gains for six straight months, its longest winning streak since 2018, and is only 0.6% off its record high set last Monday, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
What are major indexes doing?
The Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-0.42%
fell 149.06 points, or 0.4%, to 34,935.47, after touching an intraday high in positive territory at 35,106.30.
The …
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