A profit warning from Chevron and a weak reading of consumer confidence weighed on stocks Friday.

Major indexes were mostly lower Friday, following a steady week of declines. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 59 points at 8124, hurt by a 2.8% decline in component Chevron after the oil giant said poor profits at refineries and the financial impact of a weakening U.S. dollar will damp the benefit of higher crude-oil prices in its second-quarter results.

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