US open: Stocks trading mixed despite solid March jobs report

LONDON (ShareCast) – (ShareCast News) – Stocks on Wall Street were trading slightly lower on Friday – albeit off their lows of the session – despite a solid reading on the state of the jobs market, as a large drop in crude oil futures and losses overnight in Japanese stocks dampened sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrials was off by 21.40 points or 0.12% to 17,633.04 as of 15:09BST, alongside a drop of 5.47 points or 0.27% in the S&P 500 to 2,054.24 and a similar 0.10% f