As of 1:45 pm EDT (1:45 am Beijing time), the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 18.43 points to 11,416.41 points, down 0.16%; the Nasdaq composite index fell 1.70 points to 2575.64 points a decrease of 0.07%; Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 2.15 points to 1223.21 points, or 0.18%.
September sales of second-hand housing index contracted 1.8% lower than the previous month.
The Labor Department report, 10 nonfarm employment increased by 15.1 million people, 5 个月来首次 rise, increasing the number of analysts polled by MarketWatch are more than twice the expected. The third consecutive month the unemployment rate remained at 9.6%. In this employment report is released, the U.S. futures reversed early weakness to rise.
LandColt Trading Executive Director Todd Schoenberger said, "Today's employment data to surprise Wall Street, now the Fed has introduced quantitative easing, we expect the job market in the rest of the year continued to improve in 2011."
Friday, Asian stock markets rose to join the ranks of global stock markets, Japan's Nikkei index rose 2.9%, as expected, the Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged and disclosed in detail, including the purchase of assets, including details of the ETF.
Bank of Japan said in a statement, "showing the Japanese economy continued to show signs of moderate recovery, but the pace of recovery seems to have stalled."
European stock markets were mixed yesterday rose Friday, pan-European Dow Jones Stoxx 600 index fell 0.1%.
Foreign exchange markets, the dollar rose slightly against major currencies. Pound against the U.S. dollar fell 0.3% to $ 1.6212.
On Thursday, the Dow rose 2%, to close at 11,434.84 points, has been rising for 5 consecutive trading days, the highest since early September 2008 a new high since.
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