Stocks close slightly lower, ending the week flat
U.S. stocks closed slightly lower on Friday as new questions surrounding government policy on both trade and the dollar cooled buying appetite, despite positive earnings releases. The main benchmarks ended the week roughly where they started. The S&P 500 fell 2.66 points, or 0.1%, to 2,801.83 and is flat over the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 6.38 points to 25,058.128, though it eked out a 0.2% weekly gains. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 5.1 points, or less than 0.1%, to 7,820.20, also ending the week unchanged. Among the biggest gainers on the S&P 500 on Friday, shares of Microsoft Corp. rallied 1.8% after quarterly earnings results.
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