U.S. equity indexes turned mostly lower in afternoon trade, with energy stocks weighing on the S&P 500. The Dow was off about 240 points, or 0.5%, near 44,636, off the session's low of 44,545.27, ...

Stocks were headed lower heading into the close. The Dow was falling 300 points or around 0.6%. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were down 0.1% each. The latter two indexes were up for most of the day.

Dow Jones found itself under pressure after an unsuccessful attempt to settle above the 45,000 level.

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rose on Thursday, as investors sifted through several upbeat earnings reports while awaiting ...