The Dow Jones now is ticking up despite private payrolls for July coming in worse than expected. According to ADP, private jobs were 167,000 for the month, well below the consensus forecast of 1 million.
The news is sobering ahead of Friday's official jobs report from the U.S. Labor Department. More below on what's moving the Dow today.
First, here are the numbers from Tuesday for the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq:
Now here's a closer look at today's most important market events and stocks. We'll also discuss the stories that slipped under the radar of the mainstream financial press on Wednesday.
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