Stock market mixed in afternoon trading – seattlepi.com
The stock market drifted mostly higher Friday afternoon, as investors weighed a mixed picture of the U.S. economy against better-than-expected company earnings. Trading was light ahead of the Labor Day holiday weekend.KEEPING SCORE: The S&P 500 rose three points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,000 as of 2:18 p.m. Eastern time. The Dow Jones industrial average slipped nine points, or 0.1 […]