Markets End the Week With a Loss

Stocks gave up an early gain and closed broadly lower, giving the market its first weekly loss after two weeks of gains. Indexes set record highs on Monday but then wobbled for the rest of the week. Traders assessed a mixed bag of earnings reports from big companies Friday including Microsoft and American Express. They're also trying to guess how much the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at the end of July. The S&P 500 fell 18 points, or 0.6%, to 2,976, per the AP. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 68 points, or 0.3%, to 27,154, and the Nasdaq gave up 60 points, or 0.7%, to end at 8,146. (More stock market stories.)