New York Stock Exchange edged down 13

Than-expected employment data by other factors, 13 New York stock market index fell slightly by the close, the three major stock indexes all fell less than 0.2%.

Day morning, the U.S. Labor Department data showed U.S. initial claims for unemployment benefits last week, the number of accidents increased by 3.5 million, the total rose to 44.5 million people, the highest level since the end of October, while analysts had expected that this Data will be a small decline. Affected by this, the three major New York stock market index opened lower.

Although market sentiment has been the impact of the weak jobs data, but not significant decline in stock that day. Following the successful issuance of the bonds, after Portugal, Spain and Italy the same day the auction of government bonds also gained the recognition of investors and further reduce the market for sovereign debt crisis of the European concerns, the U.S. stock market has played a supporting role.

At the same time, investors are waiting to be released late the same day the chip giant Intel's earnings, the results may affect the trend of technology stocks in the coming days.

New York stock markets closed, the Dow Jones 30 Industrial Average index over the previous trading day down 23.54 points to close at 11,731.90 points, down 0.20%. Standard & Poor's 500-stock index fell 2.20 points to close at 1283.76 points, down 0.17%. The Nasdaq composite index fell 2.04 points to close at 2735.29 points, down 0.07%.