Friday was a quiet end to the trading week on Wall Street, with major benchmarks generally easing slightly lower. The far-reaching impacts of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma became apparent to market participants today, as the monthly employment figures from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics showed the first drop in jobs in seven years. Yet most acknowledged the short-term nature of that setback, and the positive mood that has prevailed in the stock market for a while generally persisted.