Wall Street little changed as bank rally pauses

A U.S. Labor Department report showed employers in private and public sectors hired more people last month than economists had expected, further strengthening expectations of a hike when the U.S. central bank meets Dec. 13 and 14. "If it is in the high one hundred (thousands) on payrolls then everybody is pretty much just yawning at it," said Jeff Weniger, senior strategist at BMO Private Bank in Chicago.