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Wall Street opens lower after soft job market data

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Reuters NEW YORK

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened lower on Wednesday as data on the labor market came in weaker than expected, giving investors reason to sell with indexes near record levels.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 32.2 points, or 0.19 percent, to 16,690.14, the S&P 500 lost 4.77 points, or 0.25 percent, to 1,919.47 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 13.37 points, or 0.32 percent, to 4,220.71.

(Reporting by Ryan Vlastelica; Editing by Bernadette Baum)

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First Published: Jun 04 2014 | 7:09 PM IST

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