Key Takeaways
- U.S. equities were down at midday as fewer jobs than expected were created in January, and another survey showed weakness in consumer sentiment.
- Amazon warned about the negative impact of foreign currency exchange rates.
- Expedia brought back its dividend after a strong holiday-quarter performance.
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Oil and gold futures advanced. The U.S. dollar gained on the euro and pound, but lost ground to the yen. Prices for most major cryptocurrencies rose.
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