US stocks close little changed

NEW YORK: US stocks pared early gains and closed barely changed Friday, with little concrete news for investors to grab onto.

At the close of trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 17.31 points (0.13 percent) at 13,579.62.

The S&P 500 lost 0.11 (0.01 percent) to 1,460.15, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 4.00 (0.13 percent) to 3,193.24.

Trade was heavy in Coca-Cola, which fell 1.6 percent, and also in IBM, which slipped 0.1 percent.