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ADP said this morning that the U.S.private sector added 214,000 jobs in February. Economists had expected a more modest 185,000 jobs added. The data comes ahead of Friday's official payroll and unemployment rate report.

At market close the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 were up 0.2%, 0.3% and 0.4% respectively.

Stocks on the Move
Shares of  Monsanto (MON)slipped nearly 6.5% after the firm cut its earnings guidance for the year. Management says they now expect the firm to earn between $4.40 and $5.10 a share versus the earlier expectations of $5.10 to $5.60 a share. The firm said a strong dollar and weak commodity prices