US Stocks Inch Down After Jobs Report

2026-09-04 12:54 By Andre Joaquim 1 min. read

US equity futures eased on Friday after evidence of a strong labor market added leeway for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates to combat inflation.

Contracts for the S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq 100 edged below the flatline.

Nonfarm payrolls surged by 162 thousand from the previous month, well above expectations of a little over 50 thousand jobs, aligned with statements from FOMC members that the labor market is under full employment.

Credit-sensitive sectors pulled back after the data as yields rebounded, with Microsoft, Tesla, and Mastercard dropping nearly 1%.

Still, chip producers rose after underperforming this week, with Lam Research, Applied Materials, and Sandisk adding close to 3% premarket.

On top of that, Marvell, Micron, Intel, and Nvidia jumped over 1% amid sings of optimism around OpenAI's new GPT model.



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