NEW YORK—Stocks drifted to a mixed finish Thursday as Wall Street’s momentum slowed following its hot first half of November.
The S&P 500 edged up by 5.36 points, or 0.1 percent, to 4,508.24 and remains comfortably on track for its third straight winning week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 45.74, or 0.1 percent, to 34,945.47, and the Nasdaq composite gained 9.84, or 0.1 percent, to 14,113.67.
