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U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Dow Jones index falling around 0.1% on Wednesday.

Following the market opening Wednesday, the Dow traded down 0.07% to 42,127.56 while the NASDAQ fell 0.26% to 17,863.49. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.18% to 5,698.62.

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Private businesses in the U.S. added 143,000 workers to their payrolls during the month of September compared to a revised 103,000 gain in August and higher than market estimates of 124,000, the ADP said.

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were down 31% to $2.44 after the company announced it will be delisted from the Nasdaq. Aditxt Inc ADTX was down, falling 36% to $2.85. Aditxt recently announced a 1-for-40 reverse stock split.

Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded up 3.4% to $72.19 while gold traded down 0.5% at $2,676.10.

Silver traded up 1.4% to $32.18 on Wednesday, while copper rose 0.8% to $4.6260.

Euro zone

The unemployment rate in the Eurozone came in unchanged from the previous month at 6.4% in August.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mixed on Wednesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 dipping 2.18% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index jumping 6.20%.

Economics

Private businesses in the U.S. added 143,000 workers to their payrolls during the month of September compared to a revised 103,000 gain in August and higher than market estimates of 124,000, the ADP said.

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