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Morning Bell 6 May Between the Bells
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- Investing
Wall street closed higher on Friday bolstered by a softer-than-expected jobs report which boosted investor hopes of rate cuts in the near future. The Dow Jones rose 1.18%, the S&P500 added 1.26% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq climbed 1.99% on the rate cut optimism.Non-farm payrolls indicated 175,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in April, which was well below the 240,000 economists were expecting and the US unemployment rate rose to 3.9% from 3.8% for the month. Wages data also came in b...
Wall street closed higher on Friday bolstered by a softer-than-expected jobs report which boosted investor hopes of rate cuts in the near future. The Dow Jones rose 1.18%, the S&P500 added 1.26% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq climbed 1.99% on the rate cut optimism.Non-farm payrolls indicated 175,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in April, which was well below the 240,000 economists were expecting and the US unemployment rate rose to 3.9% from 3.8% for the month. Wages data also came in b...
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