U.S. markets
Stocks were up on Friday to close the week after Apple reported better-than-expected earnings.
Despite this, the S&P 500 and Dow Jones were down for the week.
- April's job numbers were higher than expected, with the U.S. economy adding 253,000 jobs, more than the 180,000 expected by economists.
- Despite the increase in jobs, Goldman Sachs believes the Federal Reserve will still pause future rate hikes. Investors are currently pricing in an 8.5% chance of a 0.25% interest rate hike next month.
- The current 10 Year U.S. Treasury yield is set at 3.43980%
| Dow Jones | 33,674.38 | 1.65% |
| S&P 500 | 4,136.25 | 1.85% |
| Nasdaq | 12,235.41 | 2.25% |
| Russell 2000 | 1,759.88 | 2.39% |
*Stock Market data as of the last closing bell. Data received directly from the references indexes through ICE Data Services. Do you not understand any of these figures?