Standard & Poor's 500 edges back from a record; Energy stocks sink along with price of oil
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FILE - This Jan. 4, 2010 file photo shows an entrance to a Wall Street subway station in New York. U.S. stocks are edging lower in early trading Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, pulling the market back from a record high close last week. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) (The Associated Press)
U.S. stocks are edging lower in midday trading as a slump in the price of oil drags down the energy sector.
The Standard & Poor's 500 fell four points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,003 as of noon Eastern time Monday. The index closed at an all-time high on Friday.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 13 points to 17,123. The Nasdaq rose 12 points, or 0.3 percent, to 4,595.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Energy stocks fell more than the rest of the market as the price of crude oil continued to fall. Eight out of the ten biggest decliners in the S&P 500 were energy companies.
Campbell Soup fell 2 percent after reporting revenue that fell short of analysts' forecasts.
Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.45 percent.