U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite falling more than 400 points on Friday.
The Dow traded down 0.97% to 40,360.43 while the NASDAQ fell 2.53% to 16,694.51. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 1.69% to 5,410.46.
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Leading and Lagging SectorsConsumer staples shares fell by just 0.3% on Thursday.
In trading on Thursday, information technology shares dipped by 2.6%.
Top Headline
The U.S. economy added 142,000 jobs in August versus a revised 89,000 gain in July, but down from market estimates of 160,000.
The unemployment rate fell to 4.2% in August from 4.3% in the previous month.
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