Wall St. slips ahead of French election

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks dipped on Friday as investors were cautious ahead of the first round of the closely-contested French presidential election, but the S&P 500 managed to notch its first weekly gain in three.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average <.DJI> fell 30.95 points, or 0.15 percent, to 20,547.76, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 7.14 points, or 0.30 percent, to 2,348.7 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 6.26 points, or 0.11 percent, to 5,910.52.

For the week, the Dow gained 0.46 percent, the S&P added 0.85 percent and the Nasdaq added 1.8 percent, in the first weekly gain over the past three.

(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Nick Zieminski)