Shares of peer United Parcel Service UPS.N also gained 2.1%. By Shreyashi Sanyal Dec 17 (Reuters) - The Nasdaq led declines among U.S. stock index futures on Friday as big technology-related shares tumbled, reeling from the Federal Reserve's decision move to end its pandemic-era stimulus faster, which pushed investors towards cyclical parts of the market. An announcement from the Fed this week signaled three quarter-percentage-point interest rate hikes by the end of 2022 to combat surging inflation, buoying economically sensitive parts of the market but put pressure on heavyweight tech stocks.