Telecom stocks rise, but tech and industrial stocks drop
U.S. stock indexes were mixed in Thursday afternoon trading as losses for tech and industrial companies offset another big gain for telecoms.
KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index was down 5 points, or 0.2%, to 2,473 as of 1 p.m. Eastern Time. Earlier in the day, it had been up by 6 points...