U.S. Stocks Slide Ahead Of Jobs Data; Hot Stocks: JOY, FB, TIVO, CIEN, FFIV, TLB, END, LGF

U.S. stocks ended on a lower note ahead of the key government non-farm payrolls report due Friday, even as a slew of tepid economic readings dented sentiment.S&P 500 Index lost 0.23 percent to finish at 1,310.33. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 0.21 percent to end at 12,394.13. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 0.35 percent to close at 2,827.34.On the US economic front, a data showed that