U.S. stocks were mostly unchanged in late afternoon trading Friday as energy companies fell along with the price of oil. Investors are weighing the latest batch of corporate earnings results and a report showing a slight increase in inflation last month, AP reported. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 17 points, or 0.1 percent, to 18,268 as of 3:04 p.m. Eastern time. The Standard & Poor's 500 lost less than a point to 2,130 The Nasdaq rose five points, or 0.1 percent, to 5,092. The price of oil fell $1, or 1.6 percent, to close at $59.72 a barrel, helping push down the stocks of drillers and other energy-related companies. Hess Corp. lost 1 percent. The dollar rose to 121.53 yen from 121.05 yen. The euro fell slightly to $1.1013 from $1.1110. METALS: Precious and industrial metals futures closed little changed. Gold edged down 10 cents to $1,204 an ounce, silver rose two cents to $17.13 an ounce, and copper fell four cents to $2.81 a pound. -- SPA 22:37 LOCAL TIME 19:37 GMT تغريد
