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Markets Right Now: A mixed start for stocks on Wall Street

NEW YORK — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
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NEW YORK — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):

9:35 a.m.

Stocks are off to a mixed start as gains by industrial and financial companies are offset by energy and technology companies.

United Continental jumped 5 per cent after reporting string quarterly results, but energy companies fell along with the price of crude oil. Chevron gave up 1.2 per cent.

Railroad operator CSX rose 4.9 per cent after beating analysts’ earnings forecasts in its latest quarter.

The S&P 500 index rose 1 point to 2,810.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was little changed at 25,115. The Nasdaq composite fell 3 points, less than 0.1 per cent, to 7,850.

Bond prices didn’t move much. The yield on the 10-year Treasury held steady at 2.86 per cent.