Wall Street finish by a decreasing with oil prices

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S stocks has finished by a decrease Friday, affected by the higher oil prices due to the escalation of violence in Libya.

The Dow Jones index has assigned 0.72% or 88.32 points to 12,169.88 points while the Standard & Poor's 500 lost 0.74% or 9.82 points to 1321.15 points. The Nasdaq lost 0.5%, or 14.07 points to 2784.67 points.

For the week, the Dow is up 0.3%, the S & P 0.1% and Nasdaq 0.1%.

The strong rise in oil parallel to to the escalation of violence in Libya has erased the positive effect of U.S employment figures slightly exceeded expectations.

Expected to 185,000, the number of jobs created in February stood at 192,000 and the unemployment rate fell from 9% to 8.9%. But many investors had bet on a rise even higher in job creations, given other positive data on employment published in the week.

These expectations had allowed Wall Street to finish strongly increase Thursday. Friday's figures have proved broadly in line with expectations, investors are again focused on rising in oil prices and the insurgency in Libya.

Among the values related to consumption, those of the construction have been particularly neglected. The Index PHLX Residential Housing yielded 1.29%.

The chip maker Marvell Technology has plunged 11.5% to 16.13 dollars. The Group expects this quarter to a decline in sales.

The banking also declined. The KBW index of the sector has assigned 1.5%.

On the side increases, Wal-Mart won 0.11% to 52.07 dollars. The giant retailer announced Thursday it had raised its dividend by more than 20% to $ 1.46 per share.

The equipment supplier of oil Dresser-Rand won 5.26% to 53.05 dollars. The group announced on the point of buying the Spanish manufacturer of diesel engines Grupo Guascor for an enterprise value of 500 million euros.

The supplier of communications networks Juniper Networks has taken 0.8% to 44.11 dollars after saying that he planned a jump of 60% of its market opportunities over the next three years.