U.S. stocks registered their strongest monthly performance in four years on Friday, even as they finished lower on the day amid a mixed bag of earnings reports.
Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 91.46 points, or 0.52%, to 17,664.34, the S&P 500 lost 9.97 points, or 0.48%, to 2,079.44 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 20.53 points, or 0.4 %, to 5,053.75.
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