wall street stocks were mixed wednesday as markets digested employment and trade data that suggest a slowing in the economy employers added 145000 jobs last month according to payroll firm adp much below the february level and weaker than analysts expected meanwhile us trade data showed a slight widening in the trade deficit in february with exports and imports both declining the slowing economic activity is something the fed will likely be pleased to see yet it appears to be giving the stock market some cause for pause said briefingcom analyst patrick ohare the worry is the data is presaging a weaker earnings outlook that has yet to be captured in analysts consensus estimates meaning there is a bit of a valuation headwind ohare said about 15 minutes into trading the dow jones industrial average was up 03 percent at 3348625 the broadbased sp 500 slipped 01 percent to 409490 while the techrich nasdaq composite index dropped 06 percent to 1205612 among individual companies johnson  johnson jumped 31 percent after it proposed an 89 billion settlement to resolve yearsold lawsuits claiming that its talcum powder products caused cancer the agreement must receive approval in us courts