US stocks pushed higher on Wednesday, eyeing a rebound from a sharp sell-off, amid hopes that President Donald Trump could soon scale back his new tariffs on Canada and Mexico. But a soft print on labor-market hiring revived worries about a slowdown.
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose about 0.4% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) advanced 0.6%. The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) was up about 0.2%. Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq entered Wednesday's trading session near four-month lows.
A fresh look at the jobs market Wednesday provided another sign of potential cracks in the economy.