BUZZ-U.S. stocks weekly: Don't drink and drive

** S&P 500 taps the brakes after four straight weeks

of gains. Finishes essentially neutral (down 0.07 pct) as

markets chug deluge of earnings reports

** SPX breaks 11-day streak of alternating up and down days

with slight rise on Friday, but continues to struggle with major

long-term resistance lines ; tiring internals

heighten downdraft risk

** Majority of sectors finish red, though tech remains in

high gear, while energy clearly stuck in reverse; investors

shift lanes to growth over value

** Tech lifts 1.5 pct. Blowout results from

Alphabet (Xetra: ABEA.DE - news) and Facebook

, along with Apple (NasdaqGS: AAPL - news) 's relief rally

help drive Nasdaq (NasdaqGS: NDAQ - news) 100 index to more than

16-year high

** Health care edges up 0.3 pct. Nasdaq Biotech

index adds another 3 pct, cruises to its best month in

three years

** Energy slumps 2 pct. Oil price rout deflates

profits for Exxon Mobil (Swiss: XOM.SW - news) and Chevron (Euronext: CHTEX.NX - news)

** Consumer Discretionary marginally lower. Ford

skids as results indicate auto sales peak,

while Amazon.com (NasdaqGS: AMZN - news) continues to accelerate

** Meanwhile, Molson Coors swerves amid high drama

over the biggest beer deal ever

** And Verizon seeks to nurse Yahoo (Hanover: YHO.HA - news) 's

hangover

** One-year sector performance for the S&P 500 : http://reut.rs/1k6B7QQ