U.S. stocks close mixed amid tech slide Xinhua 05 May 2021, 07:05 GMT+10 NEW YORK, May 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks finished mixed on Tuesday, weighed down by overall weakness in tech names. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 19.80 points, or 0.06 percent, to 34,133.03. The S&P 500 lost 28.00 points, or 0.67 percent, to 4,164.66. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 261.61 points, or 1.88 percent, to 13,633.50. Six of the 11 primary S&P 500 sectors ended in red, with technology down 1.89 percent, leading the laggards. Materials climbed 1.04 percent, the best-performing group. Shares of major U.S. tech giants, or the so-called FAANG group of Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google-parent Alphabet, all slipped.