Nasdaq pops higher on tech

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks trimmed losses and the Nasdaq turned positive on Thursday as big-cap technology shares partly offset a slide in financials and worries that efforts to stabilize the sector and economy may not be enough.

Coca-Cola Co provided the Dow's biggest lift after posting a solid quarterly profit, but the Dow and S&P 500 remained in the red, dragged lower by bank shares, such as JPMorgan Chase .

Data showed a surprise rise in January retail sales, but the number of people on unemployment benefits after drawing an initial week of aid hit a record in the last week of January.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 93.02 points, or 1.17 percent, to 7,846.51. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> lost 7.99 points, or 0.96 percent, to 825.75. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> was up 0.96 point, or 0.06 percent, at 1,531.46.

(Reporting by Leah Schnurr)