US: Wall Street opens muted with jobs data in focus

WALL Street’s main indexes opened subdued on Thursday (Dec 5) following record high closes for all three main indexes in the previous session, as investors awaited upcoming employment data later this week.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 24.4 points, or 0.05 per cent, at the open to 45038.44.

The S&P 500 rose 2.5 points, or 0.04 per cent, at the open to 6089.03, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 21.3 points, or 0.11 per cent, to 19756.4 at the opening bell. REUTERS