Markets Right Now: Stocks are mixed in early trading

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):

9:35 a.m.

U.S. stocks are little changed at the start of trading as retailers and industrial companies rise and energy and technology companies slip.

Tech companies fell Thursday morning after losses the previous day. Facebook fell 1.3 percent and Micron Technology lost 4.2 percent.

United Technologies rose 1.4 percent and Netflix rebounded 2.8 percent after a big drop a day ago.

The market is coming off two days of losses.

Private U.S. businesses added 163,000 jobs in August, according to a survey by payroll processor ADP.

The S&P 500 index held steady at 2,888. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 33 points, or 0.1 percent, to 26,008.

The Nasdaq composite lost 7 points, or 0.1 percent, to 7,987.