US STOCKS-Wall St little changed as retail energy stocks weigh

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* Home Depot's drop weighs the most on Dow, S&P

* Coach falls as sales forecast miss estimates

* July retail sales post biggest gain in seven months

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By Sruthi Shankar

Aug 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street was little changed in late morning trading on Tuesday as a drop in consumer discretionary and energy shares offset gains in financials.

Home Depot'sHD.N 3.9 percent fall weighed the most on the Dow and the S&P. Although the company's quarterly earnings and comparable sales were strong, investors appeared to be worried about supply constraints in the housing market that could be a drag on Home Depot's future earnings. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1L13K7

Shares of smaller rival Lowes CosLOW.N were down 3 percent.

The consumer discretionary index .SPLRCD also took a hit from weak earnings at companies such as Coach COH.N and Advance Auto PartsAAP.N .

However, losses were capped by a rise in financial stocks, led by Synchrony Financial's 4 percent rise. The company's shares got a lift after Warren Buffett'sBerkshire HathawayBRKa.N said it had added a stake in the company.

"Equities are headed towards pause mode," said Terry Sandven, chief equity strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management in Minneapolis.

"There continues to be concerns over geopolitics, valuations, interest rates and perhaps to a degree, seasonal fatigue."

At 11:00 a.m. ET (1500 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 6.4 points, or 0.03 percent, at 22,000.11 and the S&P 500 .SPX was down 1.39 points, or 0.05 percent, at 2,464.45.

The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was down 5.28 points, or 0.08 percent, at 6,334.95.

Oil prices fell, extending the prior session's heavy sell-off as the dollar rose more and as signs of weaker petroleum demand in China weighed the market down for a second day. O/R

The markets had rebounded in the last two sessions after a standoff between the United States and North Korea showed signs of easing. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N1L06KY

Data showed U.S. retail sales recorded their biggest increase in seven months in July as consumers boosted purchases of motor vehicles as well as discretionary spending. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N1L10HV

The data helped the dollar touch its highest level against a basket of major currencies .DXY in nearly three weeks. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N1L10HD

Declining issues outnumbered advancers on the NYSE by 1,799 to 946. On the Nasdaq, 1,671 issues fell and 1,016 advanced.

(Reporting by Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva) ((sruthi.shankar@thomsonreuters.com; within U.S. +1 646 223 8780; outside U.S. +91 80 6749 6328; Reuters Messaging: sruthi.shankar.reuters.com@reuters.net))

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