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US stocks waver in midday trade as earnings reports come in

FILE - This Oct. 2, 2014 photo shows a Wall Street sign adjacent to the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. U.S. stocks are wavering in early trading more big companies turn in earnings reports. Markets in Asia surged on optimism over recent reforms in China, on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
FILE - This Oct. 2, 2014 photo shows a Wall Street sign adjacent to the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. U.S. stocks are wavering in early trading more big companies turn in earnings reports. Markets in Asia surged on optimism over recent reforms in China, on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) FILE - This Oct. 2, 2014 photo shows a Wall Street sign adjacent to the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. U.S. stocks are wavering in early trading more big companies turn in earnings reports. Markets in Asia surged on optimism over recent reforms in China, on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

By Associated Press 1 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. stocks are mostly lower as big companies turn in a mixed batch of earnings results.

Harley-Davidson slumped 8 percent in midday trading Tuesday after its earnings fell short of analysts’ forecasts.

Kimberly-Clark jumped 4 percent. The maker of Huggies diapers and paper products reported income and revenue that easily beat analysts’ forecasts.

The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 77 points, or 0.4 percent, to 17,957.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index lost three points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,097. The Nasdaq composite climbed 18 points, or 0.4 percent, to 5,013.

The price of oil declined 17 cents to $56.21 a barrel in New York.

Government bond prices fell. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 1.90 percent.