Stocks end mostly lower as Ukraine tensions flare
By Associated Press
Aug 22, 2014 3:11 PM CDT
FILE - This Aug. 19, 2013 file photo shows the New York Stock Exchange in New York. European stock markets turned lower on Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, while Wall Street was expected to open flat, amid concerns of an escalation in the Ukrainian crisis after a Russian aid convoy entered the country. (AP Photo/Mark...   (Associated Press)

NEW YORK (AP) — More tensions in Ukraine left the stock market slightly lower in quiet trading.

Investors were also poring over a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, which gave few clues about the central bank's next moves on interest rates.

Trading was unusually quiet with many investors on vacation.

The Dow Jones industrial average lost 38 points, or 0.2 percent, to close at 17,001 Friday.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell four points, or 0.2 percent, to 1,988. The Nasdaq composite index rose six points, or 0.1 percent, to 4,538.

Aeropostale plunged 10 percent after forecasting a big loss in the current quarter. Gap rose 5 percent after reporting a surge in profits.

Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.40 percent.