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The US labor market added just 57,000 jobs in June, below expectations. Morning Brief Host Brooke DiPalma welcomes Business Insider Today Executive Editor and Anchor Dan DeFrancesco to break down the report and what it means for the economy.
Stock futures picked up steam after the unemployment rate dipped unexpectedly in June. Dow futures rose 0.4%. S&P 500 gained 0.4%. Nasdaq futures rose 0.6%. The U.S. economy added 57,000 nonfarm jobs in June.
Nasdaq futures recovered from an earlier slide ahead of the June nonfarm payrolls report. Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures were all up 0.2%. Earlier, Nasdaq futures were down 0.5%, while S&P 500 futures were flat.
Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading mixed as we get ready to end the holiday-shortened trading week, with the country preparing to celebrate the 250th birthday of our democratic republic. The stock market will be closed on Friday for the federal holiday, kicking off a long weekend to jump-start the holiday fun. All of the ... Here Are Thursday’s Best Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Adobe, Chevron, Dana, Honeywell Aerospace, Mobility Global, Ni Source, Palantir, SpaceX, and More
If you think falling oil prices mark the end of Trump-driven inflation, you'll be sorely mistaken.
U.S. private employers added 98,000 jobs in June, according to ADP, as investors await Thursday’s payrolls report for clues on the labor market and interest rates.
<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks finished flat to slightly lower on Wednesday, with the Dow little changed, the S&P 500 down more than two-tenths of a percent and the Nasdaq sliding two-thirds of a percent.</p><p>Speaking at a European Central Bank panel in Portugal, U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said he will stick firmly to the central bank's 2% inflation target and "disappoint" anyone who expects loose monetary policy despite President Donald Trump's call for interest rate cuts.</p><p>But Brad Bernstein, managing director at UBS Private Wealth Management, doesn't think the Fed will hike rates this year either.</p><p>"One of the three reasons we think markets will be higher at the end of the year is because the Fed is not going to raise interest rates this year. // We think more likely they'll resume Fed cuts in the spring of next year. And today, Fed Chair Walsh said in Portugal that he has seen in the last four weeks expectations, inflation expectations continuing to get better because of the drop most likely he - didn't cite this - but most likely because oil has gone from 90 [dollars a barrel] to 70 and now under 70 today."</p><p>Among Wednesday's stock moves, technology shares fell, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index down more than 6%.</p><p>One tech outlier was Meta Platforms after Bloomberg News reported that it is building a cloud business to sell excess AI computing capacity.</p><p>Among the day's decliners, shares of Alcoa fell about 9% after Australia's South32 agreed to sell most of its aluminum assets to Alcoa.</p><p>The key monthly U.S. jobs report is due out on Thursday, while the market will be closed Friday ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.</p></body>
US stock futures slipped as investors braced for Thursday's release of the June jobs report.
US stock futures slipped as investors braced for Thursday’s release of the June jobs report.
Stocks fell as Meta buzz hit SpaceX, Micron and many AI stocks. Tesla is near a buy point with deliveries due. The June jobs report also is on tap.
U.S. stocks ended modestly lower after investors parsed comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh for clues about the path of interest rates.
US equity indexes fell Wednesday as the technology sector paced declines and traders assessed Federa
The main US stock measures were pointing lower in Wednesday's premarket activity as traders await ke
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Stocktwits data showed retail sentiment around SPY was ‘bearish’, while QQQ sentiment remained ‘bullish.’
Fed officials now believe higher interest rates will be necessary to curb inflation.
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It’s been a wild few months for markets: Oil industry disruption. Resurgent inflation. Nerves about AI. Despite it all, US stocks are still trading near record highs.
U.S. stock futures were heading for losses to kick off the third quarter of the year. Markets are looking ahead to an appearance by Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh at a central-banking forum. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down 242 points, or 0.5%.
Asian stocks were mixed Wednesday as investors nervously awaited key US jobs data that could help determine the Federal Reserve's next interest rate decision, while the yen is in focus as it wallows around four-decade lows.But fears are growing that those valuations have now gone too far, investors might not see returns as early as expected and US interest rates could start to go up.
US stock futures fell after tech stocks jumped and the Dow closed at an all-time high.
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