Stocks dipped at the open on Friday, in the wake of earnings from Morgan Stanley and General Electric and ahead of data on the housing market and consumer sentiment.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 1.25 points or 0.01 percent, to 16,415.76, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 2.06 points or 0.11 percent, to 1,843.83 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 10.228 points or 0.24 percent, to 4,208.461.
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