US stocks diverged on Wednesday as investors absorbed a promised deal to send Venezuelan oil to the US and digested fresh jobs data leading into the all-important monthly report. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) led gains, rising around 0.5%. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) gained roughly 0.2%, looking for its second consecutive record-high close. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell about 0.4%, pulling back slightly from its latest record with a break above the 50,000 level still in sight. Wall Stre ...