Wall Street is hanging near its record on Friday after big companies turned in a mixed set of profit results. The S&P 500 was edging down by 0.1% in early trading, a day after pulling away from its all-time high following a weaker-than-expected profit forecast from Walmart.

Wall Street is retreating from its record as a slide for Walmart weighs on U.S. stock indexes Thursday. The S&P 500 was down 0.6% in morning trading after setting all-time highs in each of the last two days.

A sharp slide for Walmart on Thursday helped pull Wall Street off of its record. The Standard & Poor's 500 slipped 0.4% for its first drop after setting all-time highs in each of the last two days. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 1%,