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6 Sep 2013
US equities fall on downtrodden NFP
FXstreet.com (Lisbon) - The US stock market experienced turned negative Friday, having digested the earlier employment releases out of the United States that showed mixed results.
In the United States, Nonfarm payrolls came in at 169K in August, missing expectations of 180K. In addition, The Unemployment Rate (August) yielded a figure of 7.3%, beating estimates of 7.4%.
Beginning with the indices and composites, today the NASDAQ fell -0.21% as it settles in region of 3649.76, down -7.59 points in these moments. In addition, the S&P 500 is trading in negative territory, operating at 1650.50, descending -3.90 points or -0.20% at the time of writing. Finally, the Dow Jones has moved lower at the opening, trading in the zone of 14927.79, presently -0.06% after a movement of -9.69 points.
Moving to commodities, the price of gold has settled at $1388.33 per oz., while silver is now negotiating a spot price of $23.88 per oz. Friday.
In terms of FX, the EUR/USD is now trading at 1.3171 (+0.36%), the USD/JPY has settled at 98.72 (-1.38%), the GBP/USD at 1.5639 (+0.33%), and the USD/CHF at 0.9367 (-0.87%).
In the United States, Nonfarm payrolls came in at 169K in August, missing expectations of 180K. In addition, The Unemployment Rate (August) yielded a figure of 7.3%, beating estimates of 7.4%.
Beginning with the indices and composites, today the NASDAQ fell -0.21% as it settles in region of 3649.76, down -7.59 points in these moments. In addition, the S&P 500 is trading in negative territory, operating at 1650.50, descending -3.90 points or -0.20% at the time of writing. Finally, the Dow Jones has moved lower at the opening, trading in the zone of 14927.79, presently -0.06% after a movement of -9.69 points.
Moving to commodities, the price of gold has settled at $1388.33 per oz., while silver is now negotiating a spot price of $23.88 per oz. Friday.
In terms of FX, the EUR/USD is now trading at 1.3171 (+0.36%), the USD/JPY has settled at 98.72 (-1.38%), the GBP/USD at 1.5639 (+0.33%), and the USD/CHF at 0.9367 (-0.87%).