Markets Right Now: U.S. stocks are off to a mixed start

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in global financial markets (all times local):

Retailers are mostly lower following weak retail sales figures while energy companies are getting a break from an upturn in oil prices.

Outdoor apparel maker V.C. Corp., which owns Timberland and North Face, dropped 3 percent Thursday, the biggest fall in the Standard & Poor's 500 index.