NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened flat on Friday, with the S&P on track for a fourth straight weekly advance, after data on retail sales and ahead of a report on consumer sentiment.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 1.86 points, or 0.01 percent, to 17,654.65, the S&P 500 lost 0.17 points, or 0.01 percent, to 2,039.16 and the Nasdaq Composite added 0.23 points, or 0 percent, to 4,680.37.
(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
