NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market opened flat, a day after the Dow Jones industrial average closed above 16,000 for the first time.

Bad news from a discount retail chain weighed on the market early Friday.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index slipped less than a point to 1,795. The Dow fell 33 points, or 0.2 percent, to 15,976. The Nasdaq rose six points, or 0.2 percent, to 3,975.

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