NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in global financial markets (all times local):
U.S. stock indexes are mixed in midday trading as losses in consumer goods makers outweigh gains in phone companies and utilities.
Aircraft maker Boeing also fell after the U.S. Air Force announced new delays for a refueling plane.
Botox maker Allergan rose 2 percent after the activist investor Carl Icahn said he had accumulated a large stake in the company.