NEW YORK: The S&P 500 his a new intraday record Friday but stocks then pulled back ahead of the weekend amid profit taking and caution over the Ukraine crisis.

At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 30.79 points (0.19 percent) at 16,300.26.

The broad-based S&P 500 lost 5.60 (0.30 percent) at 1,866.41, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite slid 42.50 (0.98 percent) to 4,276.79.