Seeing some red 1hr/24hr, little dip because of jobs data coming tomorrow and some released today. Might do a little buying later. Usually goes down right before the reports, then goes back up lately after the reports are released.
Dow Jones Falls After Jobless Data
"First-time jobless claims came out at 8:30 a.m. ET. Initial unemployment claims rose to 260,000 vs. 256,000 in the previous week, in line with Econoday estimates. On Friday morning, the Labor Department's July jobs report is set for release. The U.S. economy is expected to have added 250,000 jobs in July with an unemployment rate of 3.6%."
Key earnings movers include Chinese retail giant Alibaba.
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Stocks churn as investors look ahead to Friday jobs report
"A slight uptick in
weekly jobless claims, reported Thursday morning, weighed on investors watching for signs that labor market strength is dwindling."
The Dow fell Thursday as investors awaited July payroll data due Friday.
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"Some of yesterday's good feeling has left the market. U.S. stocks wavered at today's open and were recently slightly down, a day after the Nasdaq's beaten-down tech names led indexes up
across the board."
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