Still taking cues from global developments, local share prices seesawed in volatile trading on Thursday until the benchmark index shed few points toward the end of the session.

“Trade remained soft Thursday as investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of an all-important employment numbers in the United States [US] on Friday,” Jun Calaycay, Accord Capital Equities Corp. analyst, said, explaining that major threats to market sentiments move alternately from North America, Europe and the Middle East.

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