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US stocks opened little changed on Thursday in the wake of a mixed bag of economic data, after the Dow edged up to a new record a day earlier and the Nasdaq snapped a 10-session winning streak.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 16.09 points, or 0.09 percent, to 18,208.48, the S&P 500 lost 0.78 points, or 0.04 percent, to 2,113.08 and the Nasdaq Composite added 2.12 points, or 0.04 percent, to 4,969.26.
