Money | stock market Gains by Energy Stocks Evened Out by Losses Elsewhere Stocks end day little changed on Wall Street By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Apr 4, 2017 3:45 PM CDT Copied Specialist Peter Mazza, left, and trader Brandon Barb work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, April 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Stocks closed little changed on Wall Street as gains in energy companies were canceled out by losses in banks and other parts of the market, the AP reports. Oil and gas companies benefited from broad increases in energy prices. Chesapeake Energy jumped 6.8% and Range Resources rose 4.2%. Staples jumped 9.8% after the Wall Street Journal reported that the office supplies company is talking to private equity firms about a potential sale. The Standard & Poor's 500 index edged up 1 point to 2,360. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 39 points, or 0.2%, to 20,689. The Nasdaq composite gained 4 points, or 0.1%, to 5,898. Read These Next Cops: Arizona 5th graders drew up plot to 'end' a classmate. The DOJ just fired 3 prosecutors tied to Capitol riot criminal cases. Hall of Famer Dave Parker dies Cops nab 9th fugitive in New Orleans, with 'one more to go.' Report an error