Stocks prices were mixed in New York yesterday as a solid earnings report from widely held bellwether Cisco Systems gave a lift to technology stocks. Investors sold blue-chip shares.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 71.06 at 10,905.83.

Broader stock indicators were mixed. The Nasdaq composite index was up 4.95 at 3,853.50, after rising more than 70 points early in the session. The Standard and Poor's 500 index was down 9.93 at 1,472.87.

Shares of Cisco rose $2.313 to $67.813.