US stocks were little changed Friday, with traders on watch for more records as they return from the Christmas holiday for a single session ahead of the weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI), the S&P 500 (^GSPC), and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) all hovered near the flatline in thin post-Christmas trading. Meanwhile, precious metals continued a torrid rally, with gold (GC=F) and silver (SI=F) futures rising to fresh records amid fresh geopolitical tensions and continued weakness in ...