Weeklong rally takes a pause as Big Tech pulls indexes lower

NEW YORK (AP) — Major stock indexes are drifting lower at the opening of trading on Wall Street, dragged down by declines in several Big Tech companies, which have been soaring recently. The S&P 500 was down 0.6% shortly after the opening bell Friday, but after posting big gains over the past four days it’s still on track for its biggest weekly gain since April. Small-company stocks bucked the downward trend and rose. Treasury yields climbed after the government reported a greate