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Nov 1, 2021

The labor market and consumer confidence are diverging

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Traders work on the floor at the closing bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on October 3, 2018 in New York. - The Dow edged to a second straight record on Wednesday following a batch of strong US economic data on hiring and consumer sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2 percent to 26,828.39. The broad-based S&P 500 added 0.1 percent at 2,925.51, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 0.3 percent to 8,025.09.
Traders work on the floor at the closing bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on October 3, 2018 in New York. - The Dow edged to a second straight record on Wednesday following a batch of strong US economic data on hiring and consumer sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2 percent to 26,828.39. The broad-based S&P 500 added 0.1 percent at 2,925.51, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 0.3 percent to 8,025.09.
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