Report for friday, october 3rd. Good evening, everyone, and welcome, nearly a quarter million jobs were added to the u. S. Economy last month and that clear sign of Sustainable Growth sent stocks sprinting higher today. Here are the numbers from the Labor Department, 248,000 was the number of jobs added. The nations Unemployment Rate fell to its lowest level since july of 2008, edging down two notches to 5. 9 , on wall street, dow shot up 209 points, the first, enough to close back above 17,000, nasdaq up 45, s p added 21, its best day in several months. The jobs data pushed the u. S. Dollar index to a fresh fouryear high sending the price of gold among other things sharply lower for the first time this year, crude oil closed below 90 bucks a barrel for the first time in a year and a half. Wrapping up the past five sessions though, the major stock averages ended lower for the second straight week, all three indexes were down a half percentage. Hampton pearson has more behind the latest
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