Amazon rose 2.7 percent early Friday and Google’s parent company Alphabet added 4.1 percent<br />after both companies reported earnings that were far higher than analysts were expecting.<br />The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 4 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,384.<br />The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 32 points, or 0.2 percent, to 20,948.<br />Several technology companies were moving higher after reporting solid results.<br />The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 21 points, or 0.1 percent, to 20,960.<br />The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local):<br />Stocks are falling in midday trading as investors sized up the latest batch of company earnings.
