US stocks set to open marginally lower after the stronger US jobs report

  • Higher US rates are negative, but people working is good for the economy. Average hourly earnings rose higher than expected

The US jobs data came in stronger than expected with non-farm payroll rising 272K versus 185K estimate. The unemployment rate did move higher to 4.0% as a participation rate fell.

US yields are higher with the 10 year yield now up 12.7 basis points at 4.408%. However, the 10 year yield was up at 4.638% eight trading days ago (on May 29).

The 2-year yield is up 12.5 basis points at 4.838%.. It was as high as 5.002% on May 29.

  • Dow Industrial Average was -66 points
  • S&P index -13 points
  • NASDAQ index -32 points

looking at some of the large-cap stocks

  • Nvidia shares are trading down around 1% in premarket trading.
  • Apple shares are up 0.06%.
  • Meta Platforms shares are up 0.28%
  • Amazon, unchanged
  • Alphabet +0.12%

The USD is higher. See technicals of the EURUSD, USDJPY and GBPUSD after jobs data by clicking here.

In other markets :

  • Crude oil prices are up around $0.24 at $75.79.
  • Gold prices are down $-49 or -2.06% at $2326.80
  • Silver is down $1.37 or -4.4% at $29.90
  • Bitcoin is trading at $71,338 which is near the middle of the range between $71,949 on the top side and $70,615 on the downside.
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