Stocks ended lower Thursday, with a slide in tech shares leading the way, as investors sifted through corporate earnings and weekly data on jobless claims. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.31% fell around 35 points, or 1.1%,to close near 26,652, according to preliminary figures, while the S&P 500 SPX, -1.23% dropped around 40 points, or 1.2% to finish near 3,236. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite