{"id":4154,"date":"2011-01-06T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T18:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/stocks-dip-ahead-of-fridays-jobs-report\/4104\/"},"modified":"2011-01-06T18:34:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T18:34:00","slug":"stocks-dip-ahead-of-fridays-jobs-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/stocks-dip-ahead-of-fridays-jobs-report\/4154\/","title":{"rendered":"Stocks Dip Ahead of Friday\u2019s Jobs Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. equity market fell ahead of Friday\u2019s crucial jobs report. The <a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/dowjones\/today.aspx\">Dow Jones<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/sp500\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"snp500 today\">S&amp;P 500<\/a> ended the day in red, while the <a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/nasdaq\/today.aspx\">Nasdaq<\/a> ended the day in green. Market slipped after major U.S. retailers reported weaker-than-forecast December sales report. The weak results pushed retail stocks lower in today\u2019s trading. Telecom stocks also slumped in today\u2019s trading. Earlier in the day, the Labor Department reported that the initial jobless claims for last week rose to 409,000.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/dowjones\/today.aspx\">Dow Jones<\/a> ended the day 0.22% lower at 11,697.31, the S&amp;P 500 ended the day 0.21% lower at 1,273.85 and the <a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/markets\/nasdaq\/today.aspx\">Nasdaq<\/a> ended the day 0.28% higher at 2,709.89.<\/p>\n<p>Among major gainers and losers in today\u2019s trading were Target Corporation (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=tgt\">NYSE: TGT<\/a>), which ended the day 6.80% lower at $54.93, NVIDIA Corporation (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=nvda\">NASDAQ: NVDA<\/a>), which ended the day 13.84% higher at $19.33, The Gap Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=gps\">NYSE: GPS<\/a>), which ended the day 6.88% lower at $20.70, Hauppauge Digital Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=haup\">NASDAQ: HAUP<\/a>), which ended the day 54.01% higher at $3.65, and Constellation Brands Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=stz\">NYSE: STZ<\/a>), which ended the day 8.06% lower at $19.84.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. dollar climbed in trading today on renewed worries over euro zone debt crisis. The euro slipped to $1.3012 against the U.S. dollar. The dollar index climbed 0.7% today as investors pulled away from riskier assets. The stronger dollar also pushed crude oil lower, which settled below $89 a barrel.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:5px;margin-bottom:20px;font-size:11pt;\">&laquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/\">Return to Stock Market News<\/a> &laquo; <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. equity market fell ahead of Friday\u2019s crucial jobs report. 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