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Investing.com — U.S. stocks point lower as markets gear up for fresh job openings data that will serve as a precursor to Friday’s much-anticipated nonfarm payrolls report. Elsewhere, the Reserve Bank of Australia leaves interest rates unchanged and flags some uncertainty around the global outlook, while a private survey shows that activity in China’s services sector expanded at a faster than expected rate in November.
1. Futures inch down
U.S. stock futures edged lower on Tuesday after equities on Wall Street started the first full week of trading in December in the red.
By 04:58 ET (09:58 GMT), the contract had shed 29 points or 0.1%, had dipped by 10 points or 0.2%, and had fallen by 69 points or 0.4%.
The main indices in New York ended the previous session lower, as a decline in shares in megacap tech firms interrupted a surge in equities that saw the benchmark post its highest close so far this year. U.S. Treasury yields, which typically move inversely to prices, also rose, adding to the downward pressure on stocks.
Investors seemed to be turning somewhat cautious with the release later in the week of the key monthly U.S. jobs report, which could…
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