Stocks Stumble, Small Caps Lag; Amazon, Visa, Maxim Take Hits

Investor's Business Daily - Investing RSS http://ift.tt/1pSieP2 Stocks faltered in opening trade Friday as second-quarter results claimed losers and heroes. The Dow Jones industrial average shed 0.7%. The Nasdaq dropped 0.5% and the S&P 500 whittled a 0.4% loss. Small caps lagged, with the Russell 2000 diving 1% in early action. Volume was soft in the stock market today, tracking 19% lower on the Nasdaq and down 8% on the NYSE compared with the same time Thursday. Amazon.com (AMZN) swooned 11% out of the