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Nasdaq Jumps as Job Gains Firm Up Bets on Economic Rebound

Published 06/05/2020, 03:51 PM
Updated 06/05/2020, 04:15 PM
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By Yasin Ebrahim

Investing.com – The Nasdaq surged Friday after hitting an intraday all-time high, as unexpected job gains raised hopes for an economic comeback and prompted investors to raise their bets on big tech.

The Nasdaq Composite surged 2.25% to a record high intraday, closing just below its previous all-time high close of 9,817.18 on Feb. 19. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 3.15%, or 829 points, and the S&P 500 gained 2.62%.

The U.S. economy generated 2.51 million jobs in May, confounding expectations for a loss of 8 million jobs. The unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to 13.3% in May from 14.7% a month earlier.

Most of the job gains came from sectors that had "experienced the largest declines in March and April: leisure & hospitality, personal services, retail and construction," Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) said in a note. "This is perfectly consistent with the reopening of the economy, which began in late April/early May," it added.

The gains for the tech-heavy Nasdaq was helped by a record close for Apple (NaaASDAQ:AAPL), up 2.8%, as data showed the tech giant's push into services - to offset its dependence on iPhone revenue - is gaining traction.  

Credit Suisse (SIX:CSGN) lifted its price target on Apple to $295 from $260, citing ongoing app store momentum in May.  Despite a slow start, "stay at home" measures are now translating into a rapid acceleration in App Store revenue, which is up 39% year-on-year in May, the bank said, citing Sensor Tower data.

Google-parent Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL), ended up 1.8%, shrugging off reports that U.S. lawmakers continue to push for the breakup of the tech giant’s ad technology business for potential antitrust violations last year.

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Corners of the market tied to the progress of reopening, and ultimately the broader recovery in the economy, also put in a strong performance.

Financials, led by banks, rose 3.9% as the upbeat jobs report added to hopes that credit defaults in the second half of the year may not be as bad as many feared.

Shares of JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and Citigroup (NYSE:C) were sharply higher, with the latter up 5.8%.

Travel stocks, meanwhile, were also boosted by growing expectations for a comeback in travel and tourism demand after the Trump administration eased a proposed ban against flights by mainland Chinese airlines to the U.S.

American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) rose 11%, Carnival (NYSE:CUK) was up 13.3%, and Boeing (NYSE:BA) was up 11.5%.

Energy jumped 7.5% as oil prices caught a bid on hopes for an extension to the current oil output accord after OPEC decided to bring forward its virtual meeting to Saturday.

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At least here they said the market gain was because of better than expected job report. On fox news, they related the gain with George Floyd and the protesthttps://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/06/06/george-floyd-fox-news-sorry-after-graph-shows-market-reaction/3164250001/
All is not as it seems... As per The Washington Post: “When the U.S. government’s official jobs report for May came out on Friday, it included a note at the bottom saying there had been a major “error” indicating that the unemployment rate likely should be higher than the widely reported 13.3 percent rate.The special note said that if this “misclassification error” had not occurred, the “overall unemployment rate would have been about 3 percentage points higher than reported,” meaning the unemployment rate would be about 16.3 percent for May. But that would still be an improvement from an unemployment rate of about 19.7 percent for April, applying the same standards.The Bureau of Labor Statistics, the agency that puts out the monthly jobs reports, said it was working to fix the problem.”
Oops... Maybe I shoukd have read the post becore mine first. Sorry buddy!!
Did you read the jobs report? Did you not see the note at the end of the Report, as reported in the Washington Post? "When the U.S. government’s official jobs report for May came out on Friday, it included a note at the bottom saying there had been a major “error” indicating that the unemployment rate likely should be higher than the widely reported 13.3 percent rate. "The special note said that if this “misclassification error” had not occurred, the “overall unemployment rate would have been about 3 percentage points higher than reported,” meaning the unemployment rate would be about 16.3 percent for May." So, unemployment was up, not down, yet the Market will believe any *****Trump announces. The amount of market capitalization added on Friday by the 800+ point gain in the Dow was entirely fictional. Get your facts straight.
The difference between consensus and actual of over 10.5M is quite unheard of. Where is hiring taking place because I don't see any Now Hiring sign anywhere.
Always dubious about these version 1 monthlies that get revised later, and the deep dive I saw noted an increase in permanent job losses with gains coming from recall of employees temporarily laid off, possibly to qualify for biz loan programs - that's troubling.
Blue smoke and mirrors.
Simply a way to justify the pump. Nothing new guys, move along...
Ok, where was Mr. Prez when 19 million jobs were lost n so many ppl died. Just a bit of positive (fake) data n he comes to take all credit for it. Guys, do u Americans still think this guy deserves another term? hope u ppl realise what a loser he is..
Please review the data and how is calculated. When workers are furlong they are not counted as unemployment and with the Loan to companies and extra 600 many stayed at home. The good thing about this is that from now on I won't believe ANY information coming from the govt because will be wrong and manipulated. Meanwhile we are today better than January (in stocks) with an economy that is 3/4 from that. A completely mess in valuation. Headlines will keep the misgivings.
Job Gains Firm Up 'Bets' on Economic Rebound. The Casino is back...lights flashing and everyones a winner with Fed chips!!
fed chips are as good as other money. it is their job to fix the economy and fight again those who don't think it's possible. i can't see any wrongdoing from fed
just a reason to print fresh money. why not if mr dollar pays the check.
there are such conspiracy which pull us back to the ice age. us/eu financial the money by new bonds and having huge gold reserved. they get paid by us (we pay taxes...), now it is time for them (Fed) to show their value
great info, hopefull nice monday..
Restaurants in most states are not completely closed.Assume the the job gains that they had were rehires? But them the UI $ short decrease since these people are getting paid feom the businesses that received PPPSo how are rehired emoyees job gainsNumbers are skewed, but the markets almost certainly would snap back because this recessionary decline had been caused by the lockdown sStocks that we are staying away from for a while are cruise line, airline and Hotels and restaurants.
At this rate in a few years the Chinese flag is going to have another star added to their flag and all of are going to be speaking Chinese.
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number is skewed by PPE program and temporary layoff. it is interesting to the data adjustment in future.
The market is overprice right now to compare with the actual economy situation. We are going to get hit harder later when the market face the reality. Let see what happen after numbers of the second quarter. I
Fed lives in la la land. They can pump, and they pump.
1.4 million jobs in the restaurant sector alone. Checks went out, employers we're expecting customers... so they hired expecting people to spend... but did they come? I don't know anyone I know that's been eating out in the entire month of May, do you? It should be noted that some workers are being counted on payrolls even if their hours or pay are minimal. We'll have to see next set of numbers... my guess is unemployment may tick higher as expectations meets reality.
I may be wrong here but... isn't the hiring due to expectations of the reopening of the economy in May? If the reopening didn't happen at the expectations of employers and we don't see increase in revenue, then could we see uptick in unemployment in the next few weeks... I mean, seems bit out misplaced, imo.
Or maybe the ppl didn t show up for the unemployment benefit due covid19
the didn't count the first 12 days of may employment because of a data error, so it was still bad. but whatever...100% in, going higher. guaranteed higher next week, up 22% by end of year.
It is better the V shape recovery, it's F shape for FED.
Fire tears through Amazon distribution center in Redlands, California
Fed's IPO soon
Haha
I believe the Job gain in May is due to the effect of PPP in April. You can check the unemployment every week on the labor department website (continuing unemployment). So this kind of news is due to either incompetency  or pure market manipulation.
is no one going to mention the fact that these large moments are happening in the premarket and after hours? if you're going to manipulate the market, at least lie to us a little better.
When is the Feds IPO (FR) coming to market
.. pump with fake funny money .. , (buy the rumour)  and dump sum time later .. Where`s the needle for this balloon? -- Where did WS pull the wool over ppl`s eyes? Was it at the beginning into mid-March or has it been since then? A gangster`s undertaking? WS, crooks and Trump are all synonymous concepts. Michael Cohen, Trump`s lawyer summed it up well: `Trump is a racist, con and cheat`. Meaning to me that those who support Trump are exactly the same. They will sell out their granny now if they can s cr ew their neighbors -- When will the red- neck Trump supporters wake up? The world is tired of Trump`s attentiongrabbing
-- Sorry friends, i blew off some steam and should not have been more sensitive .. -- I had watched a lot of George Floyd demonstration videos and the one where the 75 y.o. man was knocked to the ground .. -- I guess I let it all out too much ..
.. corr. -- the ** stars were meant to say `delete`the not ..
 -- had to laugh out loud on your words -- Well said -- our own virus tRump-16
Hopes, optimism. Thank you FED
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