U.S. stocks traded mixed this morning, with the Dow Jones index falling around 75 points on Friday.

The Dow traded down 0.20% to 37,173.96 while the NASDAQ rose 0.31% to 14,806.71. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.19% to 4,710.37.

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Information technology shares rose by 0.3% on Friday.

In trading on Friday, utilities shares fell by 0.9%.

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Costco Wholesale Corporation(NASDAQ:COST) posted upbeat earnings for its first quarter and announced a special cash dividend of $15 per share on Thursday.

Costco said first-quarter net sales increased 6.1% year...