(Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened little changed on Thursday as investors took to the sidelines ahead of Friday's jobs data, which could signal the timing of an interest rate hike.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 30.63 points, or 0.17 percent, to 17,509.84, the S&P 500 <.SPX> lost 2.28 points, or 0.11 percent, to 2,097.56 and the Nasdaq composite <.IXIC> dropped 9.34 points, or 0.18 percent, to 5,130.61.
(Reporting by Abinaya Vijayaraghavan in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)
