Stocks Slip as Investors Eye Mideast Talks and Earnings

On Thursday, the stock market in the United States went down a little after a very strong start to the week.

This means the prices of many company shares fell.

Investors were reading news about how companies are doing and also watching to see if the United States and Iran could make a peace deal.

Some technology companies did not do well after sharing their results, so their stock prices dropped.

A space company called SpaceX went up instead, even though some people expected it to go down.

The price of oil went up too, which can affect the price of gas.

Many companies have reported how much money they made, and most did better than experts expected.

On Friday, the government will share how many new jobs were created, and investors are waiting to hear that news.