US stocks edge mostly lower, extending a losing streak
NEW YORK — Stocks are flat to slightly lower in afternoon trading Thursday, struggling to break a seven-day losing streak. Investors’ enthusiasm was checked as they remain transfixed on the potential outcome of next week’s U.S. presidential election.
KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average was little changed at 17,961 as of 2:30 p.m. Eastern. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell five points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,093 and the Nasdaq composite lost 32 points, or 0.6 percent, to 5,073.