Dow down, S&P up

US stocks meandered to a mixed finish yesterday as higher oil prices pressured the market, but the Standard & Poor’s 500 index neared a four-year high in a sign of underlying bullishness.

The S&P rose 2.77, or 0.23%, to 1,222.21, just three points shy of its four-year high of 1,225.31, set on March 7. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 5.60 to 10,513.89.