Eight Is Enough for Dow

Updated from 4:04 p.m. EST

Stocks closed mixed after a late recovery, but the Dow's eight-week winning streak was halted amid profit-taking at the end of a huge earnings week.

The Dow lost 54.89 points, or 0.5%, to 10,568.29; the S&P 500 slipped 2.39 points, or 0.2%, to 1141.55, but managed to extend its winning streak to nine weeks; while the Nasdaq gained 4.86 points, or 0.2%, to 2123.87, which wasn't enough to secure a seventh consecutive up week.

The Dow finished the week down 0.3%, the S&P 500 rose 0.2% and the Nasdaq slipped 0.8%. ...