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US stock gains are checked as Boehner backs Obama on Syria action; Microsoft slumps

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FILE - In this Monday, July 28, 2008, file photo, Eric Roden speaks on his cell phone as he walks past a Verizon store in Portland, Ore. Verizon says, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013, it has agreed to buy Vodafone\'s stake in Verizon Wireless for 30 billion. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

NEW YORK, N.Y. – The stock market is ending slightly higher as renewed worries about a U.S.-led attack on Syria dampened an early rally.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 23 points, or 0.2 per cent, to close at 14,833. It was up 123 points shortly after the market opened. The Dow was also held back by Microsoft and Verizon, which both slumped after announcing deal news that investors didn’t like.

Other indexes rose more than the Dow did.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose six points, 0.4 per cent, to 1,639. The Nasdaq composite rose 22 points, or 0.6 per cent, to 3,612.

Microsoft fell after saying it would buy Nokia’s smartphone business.

More stocks rose than fell on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume was average at 3.4 billion shares.

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