US stocks recovered to near break-even on Thursday as reports spread that Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak would resign, after being pushed down by bearish forecasts from Pepsi and tech companies Cisco and Akamai.

US stocks recovered to near break-even on Thursday as reports spread that Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak would resign, after being pushed down by bearish forecasts from Pepsi and tech companies Cisco and Akamai.