The Dow Jones industrial average fell 21.03 points, or 0.1 percent, to close at 20,975.09, with Procter & Gamble leading decliners and Verizon the top advancer.
The S&P 500 slipped 1.16 points, or 0.05 percent, to end at 2,387.45, with real estate leading seven sectors lower and telecommunications outperforming.
The Nasdaq fell 0.27 points to close at 6,025.23.
About four stocks advanced for every three decliners at the New York Stock exchange, with an exchange volume of 963.03 million and a composite volume of 4.065 billion at the close.
The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, traded near 10.8.
—CNBC’s Jacob Pramuk contributed to this report.
On tap this week:
Thursday
Earnings: Alphabet, Microsoft, Intel, Amazon.com, Raytheon, Baidu, Starbucks, Expedia, Comcast, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Flex, GoPro, Western Digital, Vertex , Sirius XM Radio, Under Armour, American Airlines, Southwest Air, MGM Growth, Generac, Domino’s Pizza, CME Group, KKR, Johnson Controls, Union Pacific, UPS, Total, Celgene, Deutsche Bank, Alexion Pharma, Nintendo, AbbVie, Bayer, Air Products
7:45 a.m. ECB rate decision
8:30 a.m. ECB President Mario Draghi press briefing
8:30 a.m. Jobless claims
8:30 a.m. Durable goods
8:30 a.m. Advance econ indicators
10:00 a.m. Pending home sales
10:00 a.m. Housing vacancies
Friday
Earnings: Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Colgate-Palmolive, Honda Motor, Barclays, UBS, Sony, Synchrony Financial, Spirit Airlines, Autoliv, Sanofi, Spirit Airlines, Goodyear Tire, Calpine, Cabot Oil and Gas, Phillips 66, Weyerhaeuser
8:30 a.m. Q1 adv Real GDP
9:45 a.m. Chicago PMI
10:00 a.m. Consumer sentiment
2:30 p.m. Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker
