Stocks Tread Water at Kickoff After Jobs Report

Wall Street entered the trading day mostly unchanged as traders largely shrugged off the January jobs report that showed the U.S. added far fewer jobs than the markets had been hoping for. Today's Markets As of 9:34 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.53 points, or 0.01%, to 12062.79, the Standard & Poor's 500 gained 0.54 points, or 0.04%, to 1307.64 and the Nasdaq Composite picked up 2.86 points, or 0.10%, to 2756.74. The early ambivalence come after Wall Street closed modestly higher on Thursday, landing at fresh two and-half year highs amid strong January same-store sales from retailers like Gap GPS. Continue reading the article.