Stocks slip into losses in the afternoon after Yellen speec

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks were mostly lower on Wall Street in early afternoon trading on Friday, giving up modest gains following a generally upbeat assessment of the economy from Fed Chair Janet Yellen. Phone companies and utilities, widely considered safe-play stocks, led the list of declining stocks, while the health care and technology sectors rose. AT&T and Verizon each fell 1 percent.
KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average fell 67 points, or 0.4 percent, to 18,382 as of 12