Shares of industrial and transportation companies rose, but not by as much as the broad market, amid factory layoffs and labor disputes.
Jet-fuselage supplier Spirit AeroSystems is laying off 400 to 450 workers at its Wichita, Kan., factory as the company grapples with a production slowdown at Boeing, its biggest customer.
The United Auto Workers suffered a setback as workers rejected unionization at a large Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama, following a poll of roughly 5,000 workers.
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