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By Kanchana Chakravarty and Sukriti Gupta
June 6 (Reuters) -
U.S. stocks rose on Friday after a better-than-expected jobs
report calmed worries about the economy, while Tesla rebounded
from a sharp plunge a day earlier and technology stocks
continued to rise.
Data showed
nonfarm payrolls
increased by 139,000 jobs last month after rising by a
downwardly revised 147,000 in April. Economists polled by
Reuters had forecast payrolls advancing by 130,000 jobs.
The unemployment rate stood at 4.2%, in line with
expectations.
"Things are slowing, but they're not collapsing and
that's the good news. We're not seeing a serious degradation of
the jobs market," said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at B
Riley Wealth.
Following the report,
traders bet
that Federal Reserve policymakers have little reason to
rush on rate cuts. They are seen waiting until September to cut
rates, with just one more cut in view by December, based on
interest rate futures. The central bank's policy meeting is due
later this month.
Weaker-than-expected private payrolls numbers and
surveys on services sector this week had raised concerns about
an economic slowdown caused by trade uncertainties.
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said the planned
meeting between U.S. and Chinese official on trade is expected
to take place within seven days.
Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke on Thursday
after weeks of brewing trade tensions and a battle over critical
minerals. The leaders, however, left key issues unresolved for
future talks.
U.S. equities rallied sharply in May, with the S&P 500 index
and the tech-heavy Nasdaq scoring their biggest
monthly percentage gains since November 2023, thanks to
softening of Trump's harsh trade stance and upbeat earnings
reports.
The S&P 500 hit its highest in over three months on Friday
and remains nearly 2.2% below record highs touched in February.
The Dow index also rose to a near three-month high.
The economically sensitive Russell 2000 smallcap index
gained 1.3%.
The Cboe Volatility Index, known as Wall Street's
"fear gauge," fell 1.19 points to 17.29, its lowest in over two
months.
At 10:24 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average
rose 541.42 points, or 1.28%, to 42,861.16, the S&P 500
gained 69.27 points, or 1.16%, to 6,008.45 and the Nasdaq
Composite gained 246.51 points, or 1.28%, to 19,544.96.
All of the 11 major S&P 500 sub-sectors rose, led by
communication services with a 1.9% rise, while
technology stocks gained 1.1%.
Shares of Tesla rose 3.9% after plunging about
15% on Thursday following Trump's public feud with Musk,
including threats to cut off government contracts with Musk's
companies.
Other megacap companies including Amazon ( AMZN ) was up
1.9%, while Alphabet gained 2.8%.
Broadcom ( AVGO ) shares fell 3.3% after the networking and
custom AI chipmaker's quarterly revenue forecast failed to
impress investors.
Lululemon shares lost 20.4% as the sportswear maker
cut its annual profit target, citing higher costs from Trump's
tariffs.
Shares of virtual document signing platform DocuSign ( DOCU )
fell 18.9% after first-quarter results.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 2.7-to-1 ratio
on the NYSE and by a 2.82-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.
The S&P 500 posted 20 new 52-week highs and no new lows,
while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 47 new highs and 24 new
lows.