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- Indexes edged lower Thursday as investors assessed jobless claims and geopolitical tensions.
- Jobless claims climbed to 225,000, surpassing forecasts of about 221,000.
- On Friday, investors will get a fresh labor-market update from the September nonfarm-payrolls report.
US stocks inched lower on Thursday, fueled by an uptick in jobless claims ahead of a key jobs report and continued tensions in the Middle East.
Weekly jobless claims rose by 6,000 to 225,000...