July 3 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes were

steady at the start of a holiday-shortened trading session, as

investors assessed data pointing to an easing labor market while

looking ahead to more data and the Federal Reserve's June policy

meeting minutes.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 27.10 points,

or 0.07%, at the open to 39,358.95.

The S&P 500 opened lower by 1.57 points, or 0.03%, at

5,507.44, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 12.64

points, or 0.07%, to 18,016.12 at the opening bell.