Wall Street slips as Walmart helps pull S&P 500 toward another loss

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes are edging lower on Thursday as Walmart drags Wall Street toward a fifth straight loss and hopes dim a bit for coming cuts to interest rates.

The S&P 500 dipped 0.4% 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 195 points, or 0.4%, as of noon Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.4% lower.