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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are slightly higher Friday thanks to gains for companies that pay large dividends. Investors who want income are buying shares of real estate and phone companies and household goods retailers as bond yields fall. The drop in bond yields is also affecting banks, which are slipping after a huge rally over the last few weeks. The Dow Jones industrial average, which closed at a record high a day ago, is down slightly. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow lost 33 points, or 0.2 percent, to 19,158 as of 12:40 p.m. Eastern time as Goldman Sachs, which closed at a nine-year high Thursday, skidded. The Standard & Poor's 500 index held steady at 2,191. The Nasdaq composite edged up 5 points, or 0.1 percent, to 5,256. On the New York Stock Exchange, more stocks rose than fell. US JOBS DATA: U.S. employers added 178,000 jobs in November as hiring remained steady. However, fewer people looked for work and hourly wages slipped. The results cemented market expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates later this month. A very weak jobs report would have the last thing that might have stopped the Fed from raising rates. BONDS: Bond prices, which have been falling sharply since the presidential election, rose in midday trading. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.38 percent from 2.45 percent. That helped utility and real estate companies and consumer goods makers, which are often compared to bonds because of their big dividend payments. When bond yields fall, those stocks become more appealing to investors seeking income. Public Storage rose $2.86, or 1.4 percent, to $210.72 and Exelon rose 95 cents, or 2.9 percent, to $33.12. PepsiCo climbed $1.18, or 1.2 percent, to $100.21. BANKS: The drop in bond yields also affected banks because yields are linked to interest rates. Lower interest rates mean banks can't make as much money from lending. Charles Schwab declined 91 cents, or 2.3 percent, to $38.70, Goldman Sachs fell $4.55, or 2 percent, to $222.08 and Citigroup gave up $1.02, or 1.8 percent. The S&P 500 index of financial stocks is at its highest price since 2008, and it's up 14 percent since the presidential election. BOWING OUT: Starbucks shares slid $1.45, or 2.5 percent, to $57.06 after the company said Howard Schultz will step down as CEO in April. He will remain chairman of the company, and Starbucks said he will focus on new ideas like high-end shops. President and Chief Operating Officer Kevin Johnson will become CEO. Schultz gave up the CEO title in 2000, and investors feel Starbucks struggled until he became CEO again in 2008. MISFIRE: Firearms maker Smith & Wesson gave up $2.54, or 10.6 percent, to $21.44 after its quarterly guidance disappointed investors. RETAIL: Discount retailer Five Below jumped after it said it's off to a strong start this holiday season. That helped the stock rebound from losses over the last week. It picked up $5.12, or 12.8 percent, to $45. Also rising was Ascena Retail, as its Ann Taylor and Dressbarn business did better than analysts expected. The stock gained $1.24, or 21.3 percent, to $7.07, but it's still down almost 30 percent this year. Gap lost 65 cents, or 2.6 percent, to $24.40 after it reported weak sales in November. That included sluggish results for Old Navy, its best-performing business in recent years. OFF DAY: Human resources software company Workday gave a weak forecast. CEO Aneel Bhusri said some customers have recently delayed completing large deals, partly because of "global uncertainties such as Brexit, the U.S. presidential election, and pending elections in other G8 countries." Workday's stock tumbled $9.74, or 11.9 percent, to $71.86. ENERGY: Benchmark U.S. crude added 25 cents to $51.31 a barrel in New York. Brent crude, the standard for pricing international oils, picked up 15 cents to $54.09 a barrel in London. Oil prices jumped 13 percent over the last two days after OPEC countries agreed to trim production. CURRENCIES: The dollar fell to 113.69 yen from 114.04 yen. The euro rose to $1.0673 from $1.0645. OVERSEAS: Germany's DAX was down 0.3 percent and the CAC-40 in France fell 0.7 percent. The FTSE 100 index in Britain was 0.4 percent lower. Japan's Nikkei 225 index shed 0.5 percent and South Korea's Kospi lost 0.7 percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng retreated 1.4 percent. ____ AP Markets Writer Marley Jay can be reached at http://twitter.com/MarleyJayAP His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/journalist/marley-jay

Stocks move mostly higher as big dividend payers jump