NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market slipped Wednesday, after rising for six straight days, as investors worked through another round of quarterly earnings reports from U.S. companies. Intuitive Surgical was among those announcing disappointed results. A worse-than-expected report on the housing market also weighed on the broader market.

KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell three points, or 0.1 percent, to 1,876 as of 3:12 p.m. Eastern time. The Dow Jones industrial average fell eight points, or less than 0.1 percent, to 16,506 and the Nasdaq composite lost 28 points, or 0.7 percent, to 4,132.