The figures marked the start of a wave of key economic indicators due ahead of the closely watched monthly US jobs report, News.Az reports, citing foreign media.
The blue-chip–heavy Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) edged up by around 0.1%. In contrast, the S&P 500 (^GSPC) slipped roughly 0.3%, and the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) fell 0.6%.
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The technology-heavy Nasdaq was weighed down by losses in major tech stocks, with Nvidia (NVDA) and Alphabet (GOOG) both ending the day in negative territory.
