Stocks slipped on Friday to end a brutal 2022 with a whimper, as Wall Street wrapped up its worst year since 2008 on a sour note.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 73.55 points, or 0.22%, to close at 33,147.25. The S&P 500 shed 0.25% to end at 3,839.50. The Nasdaq Composite ticked down 0.11% to 10,466.88.

The three major U.S. stock indices are targeting their worst annual performance since 2008, with the S&P 500 skidding over 20% in 2022. 

Stocks fell on Friday as growth shares dipped in the final trading session of a year marked by aggressive interest rate hikes to curb inflation, recession fears, the Russia-Ukraine war and rising concerns over COVID-19 cases in China.

Wall Street has said goodbye — and good riddance — to 2022, a year most investors would rather forget.

All three major averages were down on Friday, clocking their worst year since 2008 and ended a three-year winning streak.

The Dow fell 73 points, or 0.2% Friday, the last trading day of the year. In 2022, the Dow fell about 9%.

The S&P 500 was 0.3% lower Friday, leaving it down about 20% for the year.

The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 0.1% Friday, close to its lowest level since July 2020. The tech-heavy index has been battered this year, falling 33%.

The months-long slide for the S&P 500 index has officially thrown stocks far enough off of their all-time highs to be considered a bear market.

Since the beginning of 2022, the S&P 500 index is down nearly 21% as of Monday afternoon, with companies like Amazon and Google parent Alphabet leading the way with their 39% and 27% respective drops. Elon Musk’s Tesla has also lost 45% of its market value since January — shaving more than $500 billion off of its market cap.

The S&P 500 on Monday dropped into its second bear market of the pandemic, crossing a symbolic and worrisome threshold as stocks plunge following a meteoric rise over the last two years.

The S&P 500 has fallen into a bear market, an indicator that investors are worried about the economy’s future as interest rates rise.

A bear market is a term used to describe an index dropping by at least 20% from a recent high. The S&P 500, which is a basket containing 500 of the biggest U.S. companies, was down 21.3% after open on Monday from its most recent high at the beginning of the year.

U.S. stocks fell Wednesday as pockets of coronavirus infections emerged in several states, adding to concerns about a second wave of cases that could lead to renewed restrictions on business activity.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 237 points, or 0.9%, to 25917 shortly after the opening bell. The S&P 500 declined 0.7%, and the Nasdaq Composite lost 0.3%.