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March 31, 2010 4:55 p.m. EST
Topics: market and exchange, economy, business and finance, United States
Mitchell Jaworski - AHN News Reporter
New York, NY, United States (AHN) - U.S. Markets opened the last trading day of March lower and remained that way for most of the session as weak employment and manufacturing data sparked selling.
 
 Before the opening bell, the ADP National Employment Report, which tracks payrolls in the private sector, showed a decrease of 23,000 for March. The downturn was a surprise with economists expecting an increase of 40,000 jobs.
 
 The news led to a lower open for stocks, causing the Dow Jones Industrial average to trade in negative territory the entire session. The blue-chip average finished 70 points lower or 0.6 percent. Dow decliners outweighed advancers 24 to 6.
 
  Boeing was a main Dow laggard, down 1.3 percent after announcing it will take a $150 million charge in the current quarter due to tax changes from the heath reform bill. More than a dozen largest U.S. companies have made such announcements since the bill was passed.
 
 The S&P 500 dipped 4 points or 0.3 percent as only two of 10 major economic sectors were able to garner a gain on Wednesday. The energy sector, up 0.4 percent, performed best as oil drillers jumped on Obama’s proposal to allow offshore oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico.
 
 The Nasdaq Composite fell 13 points or 0.5 percent. Big-cap tech weighed on the Nasdaq with names, such as Research In Motion down 1.3 percent. Shares of RIM were hit as rumors swirled yesterday that Apple was making an iPhone available on the Verizon Wireless Network.
 
 Crude oil continued to rally, adding another 1.7 percent to settle at $83.76 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
 
 On the economic front, the Commerce Department said factory orders rose 0.6 percent in February, that’s down from the 2.5 percent jump in January, but slightly ahead of expectations for 0.5 percent growth.
 
 Thursday’s market will see the release of initial jobless claims for the week ended Mar. 27, along with February construction spending.  
 
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