Wall Street slips again as Walmart helps pull S&P 500 toward a 5th straight loss

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are slipping again on Thursday, this time after the country’s largest retailer delivered a profit that came up short of Wall Street’s expectations.

The S&P 500 dipped 0.3% and was on track for a fifth straight modest loss since setting an all-time high last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 236 points, or 0.5%, as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was down 0.1%.