The main indexes were choppy in Wednesday's abbreviated session. Although volume was thin ahead of tomorrow's stock market holiday, there were plenty of headlines to sift through for those who stuck around.
Jobs data dominated the economic headlines. For one, the Labor Department said initial jobless claims rose by a more-than-expected 4,000 last week to 234,000.
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