US equities (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) closed Thursday's session mixed as Wall Street sizes up the significance of the August jobs report due out Friday morning.

Yahoo Finance senior markets reporter Josh Schafer highlights the labor market trends that were moving stocks today, noting the market pullback after ADP's private payrolls print came below expectations

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This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.