THE benchmark stock index retreated to the 7,100 territory as sellers overwhelmed the market ahead of the US nonfarm payrolls data and next week’s rebalanced bellwether.

“The market headed for a risk-off trading ahead of tonight’s release of US nonfarm payrolls data,” Victor Immanuel Felix, equity analyst at AB Capital Securities Inc., said.

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