Wall Street subdued after soft job openings report
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Job openings stand at 7.67 mln in July
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Indexes: Dow up 0.21%, S&P 500, Nasdaq flat
Updated at 11:47 a.m. ET/1547 GMT
By Johann M Cherian and Purvi Agarwal
Sept 4 (Reuters) -Wall Street's main indexes swung between marginal gains and losses on Wednesday following a soft job openings report and dovish comments from a Fed policymaker.
Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed job openings dropped to a 3-1/2-year low in July, suggesting the labor market was losing steam, but probably not enough for the Federal Reserve to consider a big interest rate cut this month.
The data comes ahead of the crucial August non-farm payrolls numbers due on Friday, which could sway bets on the size of the U.S. central bank's expected rate cut.
There's a fear that the economy is slowing down more than expected and any surprise to Friday's payrolls data can cause the Fed to take a more aggressive stance than initially expected, Adam Sarhan, CEO of 50 Park Investments, said.
Markets now see a 55% chance of a 25-basis point interest rate cut, according to CME Group's FedWatch Tool, down from 61% earlier in the day, while that of a 50-bps cut stands at 45%.
Waiting until inflation has actually fallen back to the Fed's 2% goal before reducing borrowing costs "would risk labor market disruptions that could inflict unnecessary pain and suffering," Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic said.
Wall Street's main indexes showed signs of stabilizing on Wednesday. In the previous session, the indexes had logged their biggest one-day loss since early August as investors dumped technology-related stocks in a dour start to September.
Since 1928, the benchmark S&P 500 has recorded losses of about 1.2% on average in the historically weak month for U.S. equities.
The Fed's "Beige Book" compendium of surveys and interviews is also expected on Wednesday.
At 11:47 a.m. the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 85.67 points, or 0.21%, to 41,022.60, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 0.70 point, or 0.01%, to 5,529.63, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC lost 6.40 points, or 0.04%, to 17,129.90.
Seven of the 11 S&P 500 sectors were higher, led by utilities stocks .SPLRCU which rose 1%. Tech shares .SPLRCT slipped 0.3%.
A rise in financial stocks such as Goldman Sachs GS.N and Travelers TRV.N helped keep the blue-chip Dow above water.
The Philadelphia SE Semiconductor index .SOX recovered from its biggest one-day drop since the COVID-19 pandemic in the previous session and was up 0.4%.
Advanced Micro Devices AMD.O rose 3% after it named former Nvidia executive Keith Strier as its senior vice president of global AI markets.
Nvidia NVDA.O shed 0.3% after a report said the U.S. Department of Justice sent a subpoena to the AI chip firm as it deepens its probe into the company's antitrust practices.
Other growth stocks such as Apple AAPL.O slipped 1.8% and Amazon.com AMZN.O fell 1%.
Zscaler ZS.O forecast fiscal 2025 revenue and profit below estimates, sending its shares down 17.6%, while Dollar Tree DLTR.O slumped 19% after the discount store operator trimmed its annual sales and profit forecasts.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners for a 1.66-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and a 1.19-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.
The S&P 500 posted 70 new 52-week highs and seven new lows, while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 33 new highs and 111 new lows.
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Reporting by Johann M Cherian, Bansari Mayur Kamdar and Purvi Agarwal in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur and Shounak Dasgupta
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