anticipated 2-for-1 stock split. The new class C shares, which trade under the original "GOOG," symbol and have no voting rights, rose in morning trading before going negative in the afternoon. Old Google class A shares, which retained their voting rights and trade under the new symbol, "GOOGL," went up early and then fell back. Barnes and Noble plunged 13.5 percent after one of its largest shareholders, John Malone's Liberty Media Corporation, announced that is reducing its stake in the struggling bookseller. Shares of Pandora ticked down after initially jumping after the internet radio service released figures showing notable jumps in its number of active listeners in March. The number of hours listened for the month also rose. Netflix continued its slide after a huge run, shares of the entertainment site have pulled back about 20 percent in the past month as the company faces growing concerns about its high valuation and increasing competition. The dollar lost ground against the euro, the pound, and the yen. Light sweet crude oil for May delivery added 67 cents to $100.29 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold futures dropped $6.20 to $1,284.60 an ounce. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 0.45, or 0.00 percent, to 16,572.55. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 2.13, or 0.11 percent, to 1,888.77. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index dropped 38.72, or 0.91 percent, to 4,237.74.
