U.S. stocks held steady after minutes from the Federal Reserve's June meeting revealed a split among officials about the health of the economy and how to proceed on interest rate decisions. Stocks were already trading slightly higher Wednesday, following a fresh sign that the U.S. economy appears to be on solid ground. Some analysts and traders said the June reading on U.S. service-sector activity helped lift the S&P 500, which opened lower. The Institute for Supply Management's nonmanufacturing purchasing managers index rose in June to its highest reading since November, a turnaround from earlier in the year. The next big economic datapoint will come Friday in the form of the June jobs report. Many investors are hoping for a solid reading that suggests May's lackluster report, which was the weakest since 2010, was just a blip.
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