US stocks slipped on Friday, pressured by declines in technology shares a day after Microsoft Corp said Chairman Bill Gates will cut back his day-to-day role at the company.
A drop in crude oil prices also weighed on the broader market, with shares of Exxon Mobil Corp, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, down more than 1 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 11.05 points, or 0.10 percent, at 11,004.14. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 6.27 points, or 0.50 percent, at 1,249.80. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 14.82 points, or 0.69 percent, at 2,129.33.
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