(Reuters) - U.S. stock indexes ended little changed in light trading on Friday, with consumer stocks falling as investors fretted over early reports on the U.S. holiday shopping season and Disney's subscriber losses weighed on the market.
U.S. stock markets closed three hours earlier following the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, with many traders taking the day off. Trading volume was modest, with 2.79 billion shares changing hands on U.S. exchanges, compared with the 7 billion average for the previous seven sessions. "We're going to get today over with and hit the ground running next week," said Brian Battle, director of trading at Performance Trust Capital Partners in Chicago. Battle expects a busy start to next week as investors prepare for a Dec. 4 non-farm payrolls report that may bring volatility ahead of a widely expected decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates at its mid-December meeting. The Dow Jones industrial average <.dji> fell 14.9 points, or 0.08 percent, to 17,798.49, the S&P 500 <.spx> gained 1.24 points, or 0.06 percent, to 2,090.11 and the Nasdaq Composite <.ixic> added 11.38 points, or 0.22 percent, to 5,127.53.Seven out of 10 major S&P sectors rose slightly. The energy index <.spny> fell 0.7 percent as oil prices fell. Media and retailer stocks led the consumer discretionary sector's <.splrcd> 0.4 percent decline.Crowds were thin at U.S. stores and shopping malls in the early hours of Black Friday and on Thanksgiving evening as shoppers responded to early holiday discounts with caution and as bad weather hurt the turnout.The top retail percentage decliner was Urban Outfitters