Stock market indexes (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) start the day off mixed — the Dow Jones Industrial Average quickly moving into the green — in response to Friday morning's positive jobs report data. Yahoo Finance Senior Markets Reporter Jared Blikre monitors how sectors are also taking advantage of this news, turning his attention to the price action in bitcoin (BTC-USD) and gold (GC=F). For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Yahoo Finance Live. Editor's note: This article was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.
Stock market indexes (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) start the day off mixed — the Dow Jones Industrial Average quickly moving into the green — in response to Friday morning's positive jobs report data.
Yahoo Finance Senior Markets Reporter Jared Blikre monitors how sectors are also taking advantage of this news, turning his attention to the price action in bitcoin (BTC-USD) and gold (GC=F).
For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Yahoo Finance Live.
Editor's note: This article was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.
Barrons.com
Stocks opened higher on Friday after the latest employment report included noteworthy revisions to January and December figures. The Nasdaq Composite was up 0.3%. The Labor Department said the U.S. economy added 275,000 jobs in February, compared to economist expectations at 200,000.
SmartAsset
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Reuters
European Central Bank policymakers overwhelmingly back June for a first interest rate cut and some have informally floated the idea of a further move in July to win over a small group that would prefer an earlier start, three sources said on Friday. Several Governing Council members publicly expressed support on Friday for a rate cut before the summer as inflation in the euro zone is now falling faster than the ECB had anticipated. ECB President Christine Lagarde had hinted after Thursday's policy meeting that a cut was likely to come when the ECB meets on June 6, after key wage data has been released.
Barrons.com
Intel recently exited an investment in the battered shares of a company that makes sensor technologies. The big chip company had owned 130,000 shares of Movella Holdingsas of Sept. 30, but sold them all in the fourth quarter to end 2023 with none. The quarter was eventful for Movella, whose sensors are used in autonomous driving and other end markets in entertainment, heath, and sports.
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