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Wall St opens higher after private jobs data

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(Reuters) - Wall Street opened slightly higher on Wednesday after a report showed that the private sector added more jobs than expected in October.

The Dow Jones industrial average was up 34.61 points, or 0.19 percent, to 17,952.76. The S&P 500 gained 2.76 points, or 0.13 percent, to 2,112.55 and the Nasdaq Composite index added 11.08 points, or 0.22 percent, to 5,156.20.

(Reporting by Tanvi Mehta in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza)

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First Published: Nov 04 2015 | 8:10 PM IST

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