Stocks finished the first trading week of 2018 in the green after the latest jobs report showed the unemployment rate held at a 17-year-low.
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STOCKS GO UP: Here's what you need to know
Markets finished the first week of 2018 in the green.
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Here’s the scoreboard as of Friday's close:
What happened:
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- Bitcoin miners are reportedly fleeing China because it is cracking down on cryptocurrencies
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