Wall Street flat before April jobs report; retailers slip


The Dow Jones industrial average ended down 5.23 points, or 0.03 percent, to 16,995.13, the S&P 500 gained 0.31 point, or 0.02 percent, to 1,989.57 and the Nasdaq Composite fell 12.22 points, or 0.26 percent, to 4,662.16. The pan-regional FTSEurofirst 300 index closed 1.8 percent lower. (Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York March 9, 2016. REUTERS)

The S&P 500 posted 21 new 52-week highs and five new lows; the Nasdaq recorded 34 new highs and 54 new lows.- Reuters

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