Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange January 5, 2012. REUTERS

(REUTERS) -- Stocks opened flat on Friday as a better-than-expected employment report was not strong enough to offset cautiousness over the Eurozone debt crisis.

The Dow Jones industrial average dipped 2.39 points, or 0.02 percent, at 12,413.31. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index added 0.32 points, or 0.02 percent, at 1,281.38. The Nasdaq Composite Index lost 0.18 points, or 0.01 percent, at 2,669.68.

(Reporting By Chuck Mikolajczak; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)

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