Dow industrials end down 62 points ahead of Friday payrolls report

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch)
U.S. stocks slid Thursday, weighed by uncertainty about Friday's nonfarm payrolls report and after a disappointing survey on the U.S. services sector
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 61.98 points, or 0.5%, to 13,206.59, led by a 3.1% drop in Hewlett-Packard Co. shares
The S&P 500 fell 10.74 points, or 0.8%, to 1,391.57, led by a 10% drop in Prudential Financial Inc.  shares
The Nasdaq Composite lost 35.55 points, or 1.2%, to 3,024.30