New Delhi, June 5 -- US stocks fell on Thursday on concerns of economic slowdown on the back of the US tariff war and ahead of Friday's jobs data.

At 10:20 AM ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 126.69 points, or 0.30%, to 42,301.05, the S&P 500 lost 12.71 points, or 0.21%, to 5,958.10 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 31.13 points, or 0.16%, to 19,429.36.

At the open, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 60.2 points, or 0.14%, to 42487.89. The S&P 500 rose 14.9 points, or 0.25%, to 5985.67, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 57.7 points, or 0.30%, to 19518.197.

In terms of economic data, the US trade deficit narrowed sharply in April as imports fell by the most on record.

The Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis said on ...