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Stocks little changed despite strong retail sales

By Steve Rothwell
Published March 13, 2013 4:00am ET
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Stocks little changed despite strong retail sales
Trader John Panin, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Investors are calling an end to the past week's remarkable rally, with many cashing in on stocks Wednesday despite more strong economic data out of the U.S. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) | Richard Drew

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks were little changed on Wall Street Wednesday despite an unexpectedly strong increase in U.S. consumer spending last month.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 14 points, or 0.1 percent, to 14,436 as of 11:50 a.m. EDT. The index rose for an eighth straight day Tuesday, its longest streak of advances in more than two years.

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