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Kiplinger
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Karee Venema

Stock Market Today: Stocks End Mixed Ahead of August Jobs Report

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Stocks opened higher Thursday only to find themselves struggling for direction by lunchtime. Today's choppy price action came after the latest economic data showed that the labor market continues to cool, which arrived just ahead of Friday's highly anticipated August jobs report.  

Ahead of the opening bell, data from ADP showed that private payrolls rose by 99,000 in August, the slowest increase since 2021.

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