The US markets ended lower on Friday, extending the lackluster performance seen during Thursday's session. Traders reacted to the Labor Department's closely watched monthly jobs report. The report showed employment jumped by much more than expected in May but also showed an unexpected uptick in the unemployment rate. The Labor Department said non-farm payroll employment surged by 272,000 jobs in May after climbing by a downwardly revised 165,000 jobs in April. Meanwhile, the Labor Department said the unemployment rate crept up to 4.0 percent in May from 3.9 percent in April. The unemployment rate was expected to remain unchanged.
On the sectoral front, steel stocks also showed a significant move to the downside on the day, dragging the NYSE Arca Steel Index down by 1.9 percent to a six-month closing low. Considerable weakness was also visible among interest rate-sensitive telecom stocks, as reflected by the 1.8 percent loss posted by the NYSE Arca North American Telecom Index. Networking, housing and airline stocks also saw notable weakness, while pharmaceutical and banking stocks saw modest strength.
Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 87.18 points or 0.22 percent to 38,798.99, while Nasdaq declined 40.00 points or 0.23 percent to 17,133.12 and S&P 500 was down by 5.97 points or 0.11 percent to 5,346.99.
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