Wall Street took an expected break from a week of frenetic buying today, leaving the major indexes mixed as investors bought blue chips but sold technology shares on an earnings warning from Nokia.

Another lacklustre trading session sent stocks lower on the New York exchange today despite a wave of corporate deals that underscored the economy’s overall health.

Stocks were mixed in New York today as investors sought a direction for the market.

The Dow Jones industrials and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index notched a fourth straight week of advances after a day of mixed trading today, when optimistic investors started to wonder whether stock prices were getting a bit high.

Wall Street retreated Thursday as a wave of terror attacks continued in Turkey with the bombings of HSBC bank and the British consulate. Upbeat reports on employment and the economy helped limit the market’s losses.

Better-than-expected profits from Motorola lifted Wall Street higher today as investors grew more optimistic that third-quarter earnings in general will be strong. The Dow Jones industrials rose nearly 90 points to a 16-month high.

New worries about terrorism and another disappointing tech outlook sent US stocks falling sharply for a second straight session today, with technology stocks and the Nasdaq composite index bearing the brunt of the selling.

The Nasdaq composite index notched up its longest winning streak in more than three years today after strong gains in factory orders and worker productivity fuelled investor expectations of a rebounding US economy.