NEW YORK, Sept 10 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks pared gains on Friday and the Nasdaq Composit index turned negative as weakness in semiconductor shares weighed on the wider market.
The Dow Jones industrial average gained 11.54 points, or 0.11 percent, to 10,426.78. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index gained 1.87 points, or 0.17 percent, to 1,106.05. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 5.45 points, or 0.24 percent, to 2,230.75.
(Reporting by Edward Krudy; Editing by Kenneth Barry)