NEW YORK, June 26 (Reuters) - The Nasdaq rose in choppy trading on Friday on strong demand for Palm's Pre smartphone, while the S&P 500 and the Dow industrials dipped as financials' gains only partly offset a fall in energy shares.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 34.01 points, or 0.40 percent, to close unofficially at 8,438.39. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index shed 1.39 points, or 0.15 percent, to 918.87. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 8.68 points, or 0.47 percent, to 1,838.22. (Reporting by Rodrigo Campos;Editing by Jan Paschal)