Stock Market Today: Indexes Start Mixed After Data Showing Hiring Eased in June

The U.S. monthly jobs report revealed that the country added fewer positions than expected. However, the unemployment rate is still historically low.

The bad news The wage growth has been proving to be sticky. The average hourly earnings increased 0.4% compared to the previous month, which was higher than economists expected.

Mona Mahajan is a senior investment strategist with Edward Jones.