New York - Wall Street stocks finished modestly lower on Friday as worries about international trade hung over the first meeting between President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
At a White House press conference with Merkel, Trump denied he was an isolationist, but pledged to fight for "fair" trade with Germany and other countries. Merkel said she favoured "win-win" trade agreements.
Meanwhile, finance ministers and central bankers from major economies were looking for reassurance from US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin at the G20 meeting in Germany, following Trump's tough rhetoric.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended a quiet session down 0.1% at 20 916.68.
The broad-based S&P 500 dipped 0.1% to close at 2 378.21, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index was essentially flat at 5 901.00.
Large gainers in the blue-chip index included Boeing and McDonald's, while banks JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs both declined.
Amgen slumped 7.0% after it released clinical data that showed its Repatha drug, in concert with other treatments, reduced the chance of a major cardiovascular event by 20%.
Analysts said the finding was solid, but a bit underwhelming given lofty expectations for the drug.
Tiffany rose 3.0% after reporting a three percent decline in fourth quarter net income to $158m that translated into $1.45 per share, beating expectations by seven cents.
Adobe Systems advanced 4.1% as it reported a 36.3% rise in first-quarter earnings to $398.4m on record revenues thanks to growth in cloud-oriented software.
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