Sales of big pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles have dipped as more Americans buy hybrids and smaller cars.
These are some of the stocks posting the largest moves midday.
The economy added fewer jobs in September and unemployment ticked up, while inflation has maintained pressure on markets and raised costs.
Diesel has now hit an average of £2 a litre in the UK, the RAC motoring group says, with petrol prices also rising.
Economists had taken a recent drop in Black unemployment as a hopeful sign that job gains were lifting a broad share of workers.
African leaders, government officials, investors and financial institutions are gathering in Egypt’s New Alamein City for the inaugural Alamein Africa Forum, taking place from October 2 to 4.
The odds of an interest rate change at the Federal Reserve’s meeting in late October have dropped following a softer jobs report and strong signaling from bank officials.
The rise in global oil prices has been pushing up the pump prices of petrol and diesel in the UK.
As billionaires become a popular political target, a new book urges Washington not to lose sight of a much larger, and quieter, group of wealthy business owners.