Stocks Slightly Lower After Thursday's Record Closes

In the wake of

yesterday's record closes by the

Dow Jones Industrial Average

,

S&P 500

and

Nasdaq Composite Index

, the market's major gauges were slightly softer early on.

The Dow was down 6 to 10,192. The S&P 500 was down fractionally at 1344. The Nasdaq Comp was down 1 to 2573. The

Russell 2000

was down fractionally at 400.

TheStreet.com Internet Sector

index was up 7 to 717.

TheStreet.com E-Commerce Index

was down fractionally at 128.

The 30-year bond was up 7/32 to 97 12/32, yielding 5.43%. The overall

Producer Price Index

rose 0.2% in March, while excluding food and energy costs, it was unchanged.

Most Up at Open -- NYSE

Sprint (FON) , up 3 3/4 to 112 1/2

.

Most Up at Open -- Nasdaq

theglobe.com (TGLO) , up 17 to 76

: The company set a 2-for-1 stock split.

Most Down at Open -- NYSE

Wal-Mart (WMT) - Get Report, down 1 3/4 to 100 1/2

.

Most Down at Open -- Nasdaq

Vitesse Semiconductor (VTSS) , down 7 7/8 to 49 3/4

.