Stock Market Today: Dow Steady After Surprise Retail Sales; Applied Materials Dives On Earnings (Live Coverage)

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the other major stock indexes held steady Friday, as Wall Street digested weaker-than-expected retail sales along with consumer sentiment data. Meanwhile, Applied Materials (AMAT) and Reddit (RDDT) were big movers on the stock market today. Just after Friday's open, the Dow and S&P 500 both moved up marginally. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite inched lower in…