NEW YORK, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks traded lower on Friday, as investors observed the market following the Thanksgiving Day. Meanwhile, Black Friday has ushered in the latest holiday shopping season.

At midday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 67.91 points, or 0.24 percent, to 28,096.09. The S&P 500 was down 6.91 points, or 0.22 percent, to 3,146.72. The Nasdaq Composite Index decreased 16.73 points, or 0.19 percent, to 8,688.44.

All of the 11 primary S&P 500 sectors traded on a downbeat note, with energy falling nearly 0.8 percent around midday, leading the losers.

Shares of Walmart rose over 0.6 percent, while shares of Amazon.com dropped around 0.7 percent, as Wall Street continued to watch the online retailers amid a robust holiday shopping season.

Online shopping on Thanksgiving Day on Thursday surged around 19 percent compared to the previous year, CNBC quoted data from Adobe as saying.

The U.S. stock market closed on Thursday for a national holiday, and is scheduled for an early closing on Friday afternoon.

The three benchmark indexes ended higher on Wednesday, following Tuesday's fresh closing highs, as investors digested a batch of data, including the moderately higher U.S. growth rate in the third quarter. Enditem

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