U.S. stocks opened lower on Friday as a robust November jobs number apparently wasn’t enough to revive a postelection rally. The S&P 500 index opened flat at 2,191. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 19 points, or 0.1%, at 19,175. The Nasdaq Composite Index shed 6 points, or 0.1%, to 5,242. Starbucks Corp. shares dropped after CEO Howard Schultz said he would step down. Shares of tech giants Apple Inc. and Google-parent Alphabet Inc. also fell as a rout in tech stocks continued.
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