S&P 500 slips as Hurricane Irma nears Florida; tech falls

The S&P 500 ended slightly lower on Friday as investors braced for potential damage from Hurricane Irma as it drove toward Florida, while a decline in big tech names like Apple and Facebook pushed the Nasdaq down more sharply.
The Dow eked out a gain, helped by a 4.0-percent rise in shares of insurer Travelers .
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 13.01 points, or 0.06 percent, to 21,797.79, the S&P 500 lost 3.67 points, or 0.15 percent, to 2,461.43 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 37.68 points, or 0.59 percent, to 6,360.19.

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