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Stocks Soar After Bullish Jobs Report

Published 12/06/2019, 01:55 PM
Updated 12/06/2019, 03:31 PM
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Investing.com – Stocks on Wall Street surged Friday but were slightly off their highs after the Labor Department reported a larger-than-expected gain on nonfarm payrolls and a decline in the jobless rate.

  • The gains were almost instantaneous with the release of the jobs report showing a gain of 266,000 jobs in November and a 3.5% unemployment rate. But the market seemed to peak and hold steady from 11 AM ET on.

  • A host of stocks hit new highs, including Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), Nike (NYSE:NKE), Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL). Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) was up 13.2% after better-than-expected quarterly results and easily led the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100. Boeing (NYSE:BA), up 1.87%, nonetheless contributed 44 points to the Dow's gain.

  • Oil prices were higher after OPEC agreed to more production cuts. West Texas Intermediate crude settled up 72 cents to $59.20. Interest rates moved higher; Gold fell in New York.

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