Investing.com – U.S. stocks opened Friday's session mixed despite strong employment data from the Non Farm Payroll report and falling jobless numbers.
At the open of U.S. trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average eased lower by 0.18%, the S&P 500 climbed by 0.29% and the Nasdaq Composite gave back 0.14%.
Stock bullish news from the U.S. included a very positive NFP report indicating 200,000 new jobs created and a falling unemployment rate to 8.5% failed to ignite an early rally in equities.
Jazz Pharmaceuticals advanced 4.7% after announcing it expects 2012 earnings to beat analyst's estimates.
Dow kingpin and aluminum maker Alcoa slid 2.7% in early trade after stating it plans on closing 12% of its global smelting capacity on dropping aluminum prices.
Bank of America dipped 0.5% after an Obama official denied rumors of a USD trillion home refinancing plan
On a bearish note, RF Micro Devices plunged 20% upon cutting its forecast for its third quarter and being slashed to "market perform" from "outperform" at Oppenheimer.
Across the Atlantic, European stock markets traded mostly higher in late trade with the EURO STOXX 50 up 0.27%, France's CAC 40 gained 0.47%, while Germany's DAX 30 eased lower 0.37 %. Meanwhile, in the U.K. the FTSE 100 advanced 0.68.
Investors are awaiting the German Chancellor and French President's meeting to start on Monday.
At the open of U.S. trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average eased lower by 0.18%, the S&P 500 climbed by 0.29% and the Nasdaq Composite gave back 0.14%.
Stock bullish news from the U.S. included a very positive NFP report indicating 200,000 new jobs created and a falling unemployment rate to 8.5% failed to ignite an early rally in equities.
Jazz Pharmaceuticals advanced 4.7% after announcing it expects 2012 earnings to beat analyst's estimates.
Dow kingpin and aluminum maker Alcoa slid 2.7% in early trade after stating it plans on closing 12% of its global smelting capacity on dropping aluminum prices.
Bank of America dipped 0.5% after an Obama official denied rumors of a USD trillion home refinancing plan
On a bearish note, RF Micro Devices plunged 20% upon cutting its forecast for its third quarter and being slashed to "market perform" from "outperform" at Oppenheimer.
Across the Atlantic, European stock markets traded mostly higher in late trade with the EURO STOXX 50 up 0.27%, France's CAC 40 gained 0.47%, while Germany's DAX 30 eased lower 0.37 %. Meanwhile, in the U.K. the FTSE 100 advanced 0.68.
Investors are awaiting the German Chancellor and French President's meeting to start on Monday.