Major U.S. stock-indexes little changed on Friday as a drop in consumer stocks after another set of weak retail reports was offset by a bounce in Apple shares and strong retails sales data that suggested the economy recovery was gaining traction. The U.S. Commerce Department said retail sales jumped 1,3% last month, the largest gain since March 2015 and a bigger rise than the 0,8% economists were expecting.

Dow stocks mixed (15 in positive area vs 15 in negative). Top looser - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT, -2,27). Top gainer - Apple Inc. (AAPL, +1,37%).

S&P sectors also mixed. Top looser - Financial (-0,4%). Top gainer - Conglomerates (+0,7%).

At the moment:

Dow 17657.00 -11.00 -0.06%

S&P 500 2059.50 +0.75 +0.04%

Nasdaq 100 4353.00 +18.25 +0.42%

Oil 46.22 -0.48 -1.03%

Gold 1271.20 0.00 0.00%

U.S. 10yr 1.74 -0.02