Stocks opened flat Friday as investors awaited economic data and remarks by Federal Reserve speakers while keeping an eye on oil. The S&P 500 rose less than 0.1% to 2,434.70, while the Dow industrials declined 25 points, or 0.1%, to 21,372. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up less than 0.1% at 6,238. Data on activity in the manufacturing and services sector, along with figures on new home sales are due later this morning. St. Louis Fed President James Bullard, Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester and Fed Gov. Jerome Powell are each set to speak at different events later in the day.
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