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Wall St opens down after Friday's jobs data

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 109.63 points, or 0.62%, to 17,653.61

Fred DeMarco, left, and fellow traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

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US stocks opened lower on Monday after Friday's surprisingly weak jobs data.

At 9:31 a.m. (1331 GMT), the Dow Jones industrial average fell 109.63 points, or 0.62 percent, to 17,653.61, the S&P 500 lost 9.95 points, or 0.48 percent, to 2,057.01 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 33.32 points, or 0.68 percent, to 4,853.62.

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First Published: Apr 06 2015 | 7:04 PM IST

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