Updated from 4:05 p.m. EST
Stocks in New York closed little changed Friday as the latest employment report from the government failed to give traders any reason to make big bets ahead of next week's Federal Reserve meeting.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average tacked on 5.69 points at 13,625.58, and the S&P 500 slipped 2.68 points, or 0.2%, to 1504.66. The Nasdaq was off 2.87 points, or 0.1%, to 2706.16.
The generally muted action came after the Labor Department said the economy added 94,000 workers last month, about 14,000 more than had been expected by analysts surveyed for a Bloomberg poll. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.7%. ...
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