Stocks ticked up slightly on Friday following the release of a strong April jobs report.
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JOBS BOUNCE BACK: Here's what you need to know
Stocks do nothing heading into the weekend.
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All three major indices finished slightly up, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq seeing record closes.
First up, the scoreboard:
- Dow:
- S&P 500:
- Nasdaq:
- US 10-year yield:
- WTI crude:
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1. US jobs made a comeback in April, and the unemployment rate dropped to the lowest in a decade. The US economy added 211,000 jobs following an expectedly weak March, and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.4%.
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