U.S. bourse was soft on Wednesday, as the U.S. non-farm payrolls added 130,000 in January, well above forecast, with the unemployment rate unexpectedly dropping to 4.3%. The DJIA, which had hit record highs for three straight days, demonstrated a volatile trend, once up by 310 points to peak at 50,499 before closing down 66 points or 0.1% at 50,121. The Nasdaq closed down 36 points or 0.2% at 23,066. The S&P 500 closed nearly flat at 6,941.

Pharmaceutical giant Moderna (MRNA.US) saw its stock price lose by as much as 10%, with the full-day decline narrowing to 3.5%, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration refused to review its experimental flu vaccine mRNA-1010 application.

Among the "Magnificent Seven", Microsoft (MSFT.US) and Alphabet (GOOG.US) both dived over 2%. Nvidia (NVDA.US) inched up 0.8%. Tesla (TSLA.US) and Apple (AAPL.US) each rose 0.7%. Meta (META.US) dipped 0.3%.
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