The US markets ended lower on Friday even though stocks staged a significant recovery attempt over the course of the trading day. Technology stocks contributed to the early sell-off on Wall Street once again, as traders continued to cash in on the recent strength in the sector. Selling pressure subsequently waned over the course of the session, with shares of Apple (AAPL) showing a significant turnaround. Big-name tech stocks like Microsoft (MSFT), Netflix (NFLX), and Amazon (AMZN) also climbed well off their worst levels but still ended the day in the red.
On the economic front, the Labor Department released a report showing another substantial increase in US employment in the month of August, although the pace of job growth continued to slow from the record spike seen in June. The Labor Department said non-farm payroll employment surged up by 1.371 million jobs in August after spiking by a downwardly revised 1.734 million jobs in July and soaring by 4.781 million jobs in June. Street had expected employment to jump by about 1.400 million jobs compared to the addition of 1.763 million jobs originally reported for the previous month. The strong job growth in August was partly due to the hiring of 238,000 temporary 2020 Census workers, which contributed to a significant increase in government employment.
Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 159.42 points or 0.56 percent to 28,133.31, Nasdaq dropped 144.97 points or 1.27 percent 11,313.13 and S&P 500 was down by 28.10 points or 0.81 percent to 3,426.96.
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