Wall Street yawns at DC's shutdown, but yields sink on discouraging data about the economy

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street still doesn't seem to care much about the latest shutdown of the U.S. government, as stocks drift around their records on Wednesday, but yields are sinking in the bond market following the latest discouraging signals on the economy.

The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in midday trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was adding 18 points, or less than 0.1%, to its all-time high set the day before, while the Nasdaq composite was basically flat, as of 11:15 a.m. Eastern time.

The action was stronger in the bond market, where Treasury yields dropped after a report suggested hiring may have been much weaker across the country last month than economists expected.

Employers outside the government actually cut 32,000 more jobs than they added, according to the sur