Dow closes nearly 350 points lower as investors await September jobs report

U.S. stocks finished lower on Thursday for the second day in a row as Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari played down the odds of the Fed pausing its interest-rate hikes, while investors awaited an update on the state of the U.S. labor market due out Friday. The S&P 500 /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +0.38% finished down 38.76 points, or 1%, at 3,744.52. The Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +1.47% retreated 346.93 points, or 1.2%, to 29,926.94, while the Nasdaq Composite /zigman2/quotes/210598365/realtime COMP -0.23% fell 75.33 points, or 0.7%, to 11,073.31.

/zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime

Add to watchlist SPX

S&P 500 Index

US : S&P US

4,567.80

+17.22 +0.38%

Volume: 0.00

Nov. 30, 2023 5:04p

/zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime

Add to watchlist DJIA

Dow Jones Industrial Average

US : Dow Jones Global

35,950.89

+520.47 +1.47%

Volume: 0.00

Nov. 30, 2023 5:04p

/zigman2/quotes/210598365/realtime

Add to watchlist COMP

NASDAQ Composite Index

US : Nasdaq

14,226.22

-32.27 -0.23%

Volume: 5.77B

Nov. 30, 2023 5:16p