Mixed close on economic data

The markets closed mixed with Dow slipping 7 points to 18,060 as crude oil inventories fell while retail sales held steady. Nasdaq added 5 points to 4,981.

On the upside

Giga-tronics (Nasdaq: GIGA) received a $3 million order for its high performance YIG filters.

Rentrak (Nasdaq: RENT) reported higher fourth quarter revenue prompting an upgrade.

Zebra Technologies (Nasdaq: ZBRA) fell to a loss for the first quarter but the results were better than expected.

On the downside

Barclays said that FXCM (NYSE: FXCM) had limited upside potential.

AES (NYSE: AES) priced its secondary offering of approximately 60 million common shares at the discounted price of $13.25 per share.

TowerJazz (Nasdaq: TSEM) fell to a loss for the first quarter.

In the broad market, advancing issues outpaced decliners by a margin of more than 5 to 4 on the NYSE and by nearly 10 to 9 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 eased a fraction to 2098. Bitcoin added $1 to $242.