US stocks take small losses as energy companies slide

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks took small losses Friday to end a quiet week of trading. Energy companies fell as a rally in oil prices faded and investors continue to sell the safe assets they favored earlier this year. Technology and materials companies made small gains.

Stocks were lower all day. While U.S. oil prices rose for the seventh day in a row, investors don’t appear to expect further gains...