Wall Street little changed on mixed results

"This could, without some other piece of news, be one of those settle-in and not very exciting kind of days." At 9:58 a.m. ET (1358 GMT), the Dow Jones industrial average was up 16 points, or 0.09 percent, at 17,157.75, the S&P 500 was up 3.09 points, or 0.15 percent, at 2,026.95 and the Nasdaq composite index was down 1.44 points, or 0.03 percent, at 4,868.66. Seven of the 10 major S&P sectors rose, with the telecom sector's 0.75 percent rise leading the advancers.