WASHINGTON, D.C.: US services sector activity slowed marginally in February as employment contracted for the first time in nearly two years, a closely watched private survey showed on Thursday.

The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) purchasing managers index for non-manufacturing activity dipped to 53.4 in February from 53.5 in January, the fourth straight month of weaker growth.

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