The US markets ended the volatile day of trade mostly in green on Friday. The major averages spent much of the day bouncing back and forth across the unchanged line before closing mixed. Markets traded choppy for most part of the trade following the release of a closely watched report from the Labor Department showing weaker than expected job growth in the month of August. The report said non-farm payroll employment rose by 130,000 jobs in August after climbing by a downwardly revised 159,000 jobs in July. The street had expected employment to increase by about 158,000 jobs compared to the addition of 164,000 jobs originally reported for the previous month. The weaker than expected job growth came as notable increases in employment in healthcare and financial activities were partly offset by the loss of mining and retail jobs. The report said government employment climbed by 34,000 jobs, largely reflecting the hiring of temporary workers for the 2020 Census.
Meanwhile, the Labor Department said the unemployment rate held at 3.7 percent in August, unchanged from July and in line with street’s estimates. The report also said average hourly employee earnings climbed by $0.11 to $28.11 in August following 9-cent gains in both June and July. However, markets managed to end mostly in green as traders took some support with comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, who argued the central has helped keep the economy on solid ground amid the uncertainty caused by President Donald Trump's trade war with China.
Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 69.31 points or 0.26 percent to 26,797.46 and S&P 500 was up by 2.71 points or 0.09 percent to 2,978.71, while Nasdaq lost 13.75 points or 0.17 percent to 8,103.07.
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