Markets Right Now: Mixed finish for US stocks on Wall Street
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
4 p.m.
It was a mixed finish on Wall Street as declines in banks and technology companies offset gains elsewhere in the market.
Citigroup lost 2.2 percent Friday, and chipmaker Intel fell 2.4 percent.
Industrial companies rose. Deere jumped 5.7 percent after forecasting strong equipment sales for the current quarter.
Campbell Soup plunged 12.4 percent after cutting its profit forecast and saying its CEO was retiring immediately.
The S&P 500 index lost 7 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,712.
The Dow Jones industrial average wound up little changed at 24,715. The Nasdaq composite dipped 28 points, or 0.4 percent, to 7,354.
Small-company stocks rose.