Bank stocks bring down S&P, Dow; techs prop up Nasdaq

A rise in technology stocks helped the Nasdaq eke out small gains on Thursday but was not enough to pull the S&P 500 and the Dow into the black as banks stocks weighed. "We are at the top of the range from the perspective of the Dow and the S&P, so that means we have a little bit of downside room to move, but frankly I think it will be fairly minimal," said Randy Frederick, vice president of trading and derivatives at Charles Schwab & Co. At 11:06 a.m. ET (1606 GMT), the Dow Jones In