Earnings lift Nasdaq to record while Dow, S&P drift

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Nasdaq Composite closed at a record high on Thursday, boosted by results-related gains in Comcast, PayPal and Intuit, while the S&P 500 and the Dow were little changed.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average <.DJI> rose 7.06 points, or 0.03 percent, to 20,982.15, the S&P 500 <.SPX> gained 1.41 points, or 0.06 percent, to 2,388.86 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> added 23.71 points, or 0.39 percent, to 6,048.94.

(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Nick Zieminski)