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Karee Venema

Dow Hits New High Ahead of January Jobs Report: Stock Market Today

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Stocks were mixed Tuesday as market participants took in the latest round of earnings reports and looked ahead to tomorrow morning's delayed release of the January jobs report. Ahead of this key update on the labor market – and the first Consumer Price Index (CPI) report of the year, due out on Friday – Wall Street took in a weak December retail sales report.

According to the Census Bureau, retail sales were "virtually unchanged" from November to December, and were up 2.4% from the year prior. Economists expected a 0.4% monthly rise.

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