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US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St opens muted as investors assess data, Trump economic emergency report
Jan 8, 2025 7:01 AM

Jan 8 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened

subdued on Wednesday, as investors digested softer-than-expected

jobs data and took stock of a report that said President-elect

Donald Trump was mulling a national economic emergency

declaration.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 13.7 points, or

0.03%, at the open to 42,542.1. The S&P 500 rose 1.6

points, or 0.03%, to 5,910.66​, while the Nasdaq Composite

dropped 20.3 points, or 0.10%, to 19,469.365.

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