NEW YORK - Wall Street finished a quiet session modestly higher Thursday as investors awaited the government's September employment report, hoping it will strike a balance between steady growth and more room for interest rate cuts.
Thursday's economic data, which showed a gain in jobless claims and a drop in factory orders, gave investors little incentive to make any big moves ahead of Friday's payrolls report.
Wall Street appears optimistic that the Labor Department report will indicate a rebound from August and include revisions to that month's dismal numbers. August's job creation report showed a decline in payrolls when economists had predicted a rise, and sent the …
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