Stocks Tread Water

Stocks were mixed at the open today, as uncertainty over the government’s rescue plan continued to nettle investors, the Wall Street Journal reports. Stocks vacillated between gains and losses, with the Dow recently down 26 points, and the S&P and Nasdaq down about 4 points each. Among individual stocks, Abercrombie & Fitch was up 6.5% premarket after a 68% net income drop, while PepsiCo rose 1% on a 43% net income loss that met analyst expectations. (More stock market stories.)