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U.S. stocks finished lower Friday as weak oil prices pressured energy shares, while anxiety ahead of next week’s central-bank meetings weighed on sentiment. However, for the week, major stock-index gauges posted small gains much of which was attributed to Apple Inc.’s stellar climb.

U.S. stocks experienced their largest drop since “Brexit”, prompted by comments from Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren who suggested that the Federal Reserve should resume raising interest rates soon, rather than waiting and risk missing its timing

U.S. stocks finished higher last week after the August jobs report came in weaker than Wall Street’s consensus estimate, suggesting that the Federal Reserve may hold off on hiking interest rates when policy makers meet later this month.