Stocks See Mixed Finish as Tech Sector Sags

Stocks closed mixed on Wall Street as technology companies took their worst losses in six weeks but energy companies rose along with oil prices, the AP reports. A small loss for the S&P 500 ended a four-day winning streak for the index. Energy companies rallied as the price of US crude oil rose almost 2%. Chevron climbed 2.9%. Smaller companies fell. Like technology companies, they've done far better than the rest of the market recently. The S&P 500 slipped 2 points, or 0.1%, to 2,770. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 95 points, or 0.4%, to 25,241, largely thanks to a big gain in McDonald's. The Nasdaq composite lost 54 points, or 0.7%, to 7,635. (More stock market stories.)