U.S. stocks were again bouncing back to hover near session highs in the final hour of trading Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was rising over 100 points, or 0.2%, to trade at around 42,867 as of 3:10 p.

Stocks have been trading sideways all day, but the Dow, especially, has been stuck in a narrow range. The blue-chip index was recently up 17 points, moving in and out of positive territory. It has traded as low as 42,

A strong jobs report on Friday added more fuel to a rally that has lifted the S&P 500 to within 2.4% of its all-time high.

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UnitedHealth Group’s grip on the Dow has weakened, but the health insurance stock still managed to buoy the index on Wednesday. With UnitedHealth up 2.3%, it was one of only five Dow stocks rising on the day.

This article will be updated throughout the day, so check back often for more daily updates. The SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (NYSEMKT: DIA) is up nearly 0.1% premarket Wednesday after a report from payrolls processing firm Automatic Data Processing (Nasdaq: ADP) showed private payrolls growing only 37,

S&P 500 futures moved lower on Thursday evening ahead of a key jobs report that is expected to shed light on the health of the U.S. economy. S&P 500 futures ticked down 0.2%. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were little changed, while Nasdaq 100 futures shed 0.4%.

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