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    Wall St opens flat after labor data

    US stocks opened flat on Thursday as a weak reading on the labor market and rumors of a French sovereign debt downgrade offset better-than-expected results from Bank of America and Morgan Stanley.

    April 19, 2012 / 19:42 IST

    US stocks opened flat on Thursday as a weak reading on the labor market and rumors of a French sovereign debt downgrade offset better-than-expected results from Bank of America and Morgan Stanley.


    Bank of America Corp climbed 2.6% to USD 9.15 after its results while Morgan Stanley was up 4.5% to USD 18.47.


    New claims for weekly jobless benefits came in above forecasts, dampening hopes of a pick-up in job creation in April.


    The Dow Jones industrial average was up 3.70 points, or 0.03%, at 13,036.45. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 0.12 points, or 0.01%, at 1,385.26. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 1.66 points, or 0.05%, at 3,029.79.

    first published: Apr 19, 2012 07:32 pm

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