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Stocks Open Modestly Lower

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Stock futures in New York opened lower Friday as the latest jobless numbers fell in line with estimates, but the unemployment rate grew to 7.2%.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was losing 14 points at 8728, and the S&P 500 off by 3 points at 907. The Nasdaq was down 8 points at 1609.

According to the Labor Department, the U.S. lost 524,000 jobs in December, right in line with estimates. The figure was considerably better than forecast by a report by ADP Employment Service earlier in the week, which estimated private-sector employment fell by 693,000 in December, suggesting the nonfarm payroll numbers will have declined much more severely than expected. ...

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