NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street after a payroll company reported sluggish job growth last month.
ADP said U.S. businesses added just 135,000 jobs in May, the second straight month of weak gains.
That's less than economists were expecting and far below the average of 200,000 monthly job additions the company reported from November through February.
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