Companies added fewer workers than projected in March, held back by limited hiring in construction, according to a private report based on payrolls.
The 158,000 increase in employment was the smallest since October and followed a revised 237,000 gain the prior month, figures from the Roseland, New Jersey-based ADP Research Institute showed today. The median forecast of 39 economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for a 200,000 advance.
Companies added fewer workers than projected in March, held back by limited hiring in construction, according to a private report based on payrolls.
Stock-index futures were little changed after the report, trimming earlier gains. The contract on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index maturing in June rose less than 0.1 percent to 1,564.5 at 8:34 a.m. in New York.
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