MARKET OUTLOOK
S&P 500 CLOSES FRIDAY LOWER AS AMAZON SHARES SLIDE, BUT NOTCHES SIXTH STRAIGHT POSITIVE MONTH Matteo Colombo | DigitalVision | Getty Images U.S. stocks fell on Friday amid a slide in Amazon shares, but the S&P 500 is still on track to notch its sixth straight positive month. The S&P 500 fell 0.4%, dragged down by the consumer discretionary sector. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 108 points. Amazon sank 7.3% after it reported its first quarterly revenue miss in three years and gave weaker guidance. Pinterest fell even further, down 17%, after saying it lost monthly users during the three months ended June 30. Major averages are still on pace to wrap up a solid month, although volatility has picked up amid concerns about the economic recovery in the face of the spreading delta variant. The Nasdaq and Dow have added 1% and 1.4% respectively in Ju...