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WALL STREET LOSES STEAM WITH CHIPS BRINGING TECH DOWN

Wall Street indexes are losing ground on Friday with chip stocks eyeing a second consecutive selloff against the backdrop of a much stronger-than-expected jobs report.

The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC is taking the biggest hit early in the session, down more than 1.5%. The S&P 500 .SPX is off nearly 1%. After rallying sharply on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI opened higher, but has since fallen into negative territory.

So far, similar to Thursday's line-up, one of the strongest groups among the 11 major S&P 500 sectors is defensive healthcare .SPXHC, up more than 1%. Consumer staples .SPLRCS is rising 1.4%.

Interestingly, one of the biggest gainers in staples is Coca-Cola KO.N, which is up about 2.5%. This, after a 2.5% selloff on Thursday after its CFO flagged uneven demand across income groups at an industry conference and said the company was adjusting to keep its soft drinks both affordable and appealing.

But like on Thursday, the biggest S&P 500 sector loser is technology .SPLRCT, down more than 2.5%. Its biggest decliners are chip companies and the Philadelphia Semiconductor index .SOX is down more than 4%.

Meanwhile, while the situation in the Middle East is still murky, U.S. crude oil prices are down more than 1%. Iran reaffirmed support for its Lebanese ally Hezbollah and demanded Israel withdraw from southern Lebanon, underscoring complications facing an interim deal to end the broader conflict between the U.S. and Iran.

Here is your morning snapshot from 10:09 a.m. ET (1409 GMT)

(Sinéad Carew)

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