Major U.S. stock-indexes fells on Thursday as a drop in banks and discretionary stocks weren't offset by gains in technology names. Investors are also assessing a host of economic data including the ADP payrolls report, which showed that 153 000 jobs were added in the private sector in December compared with economists' expectation of 170 000. The report sets a precedent to Friday's nonfarm payrolls data, which includes hiring in both private and public sectors.

Most of Dow stocks in negative area (16 of 30). Top gainer - Visa Inc. (V, +1.05%). Top loser - The Travelers Companies, Inc. (TRV, -2.15%).

S&P sectors mixed. Top gainer - Healthcare (+0.5%). Top loser - Conglomerates (-1.1%).

At the moment:

Dow 19764.00 -92.00 -0.46%

S&P 500 2256.50 -7.75 -0.34%

Nasdaq 100 4946.00 +12.50 +0.25%

Oil 52.96 -0.30 -0.56%

Gold 1184.30 +19.00 +1.63%

U.S. 10yr 2.38 -0.08