Stocks Lose Steam

Stocks struggled to break a losing streak as early gains lost steam by midday, though financial shares edged higher ahead of key earnings reports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 14 points, or 0.1%, at 13359, after briefly rising more than 80 points earlier in the day. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index added four points, or 0.3%, to 1436 and the Nasdaq Composite edged up three points, or 0.1%, to 3055. Read More