Stocks turn lower after February jobs data
NEW YORK -- Wall Street has given up early gains and has turned lower as the severity of U.S. job losses began to register with investors.
The February jobs numbers have come in worse than expected but many market participants have been bracing for even grimmer data.
In midday trading, the Dow Jones industrial average is down 15 points at 6,579. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is down 4 at 679, and the Nasdaq composite index is down 18 at 1,315.
