NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks ended more or less where they started on Friday as a five-day rally ran out of steam.
The market was down most of the day after disappointing bank earnings weighed on financial company shares. Investors also sold retailers and other consumer-focused stocks. However, by the close, the Dow Jones industrial average managed to squeeze out a gain to set another record high.
U.S. government bonds fell, sending their yields higher.
"The market is taking a breather," said Anna Rathbun, research director at CBIZ Retirement Plan Services. "Investors are taking gains."
The Dow edged up 10.14 points, or 0.1 percent, to 18,516.55. The Standard & Poor's 500 index slipped 2.01 points, or 0.1 percent, to 2,161.74. Six of the 10 sectors in that index ended lower.
The Nasdaq composite lost 4.47 points, or 0.1 percent, to end at 5,029.59.
All three indexes ended the week up, their third in a row.
Earnings remained a focus for investors. Wells Fargo fell $1.23, or 2.5 percent, to $47.71 after the consumer banking giant reported a drop in second-quarter earnings.
Earnings per share for the entire S&P 500 are expected to have dropped 5.3 percent last quarter compared to a year ago, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. That would be the fourth quarter in a row of falling profits, rare outside of a recession.