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🧵 2. Major tech stocks Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Alphabet, and Tesla gain between 1.5% and 4.4%. Consumer discretionary stocks lead gains.

🧵 3. U.S. private employers add the fewest workers in over 2-1/2 years in September, raising investor hopes for positive payroll numbers on Friday.

🧵 4. S&P Global's Composite Purchasing Managers' Index for September slightly improves, while separate data shows U.S. services sector slowing.

🧵 5. Dow Jones up 0.23%, S&P 500 up 0.49%, and Nasdaq Composite up 0.97%. Investors monitor 4,200-point mark as potential support for S&P 500.