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Stocks Wobble After Weak Jobs Report
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Stocks bounced around Friday as investors juggled a disappointing jobs report and some analyst upgrades.
The Labor Department said employers cut 190,000 jobs in October and the unemployment rate jumped to 10.2 percent, its highest level in more than 26 years. Economists had expected to see a job loss of 175,000 and unemployment rate of 9.9 percent.
Investors were also focused on some analyst upgrades in the market.
General Electric [GE
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And Amazon [AMZN
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On the earnings front, AIG [AIG
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Starbucks [SBUX
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Nvidia [NDVA
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State Street [STT
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U.S. stocks did have their best day since July 23 in Thursday's trading, in a session sandwiched in between the Wednesday conclusion of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting and today's jobs report.
In the day's other economic news: Wholesale inventories fell 0.9 percent in September, roughly in-line with expectations.
Still to come: Consumer credit figures for September will be issued at 3 pm; economists expect a drop of $10 billion.
Other stocks to watch include Royal Bank of Scotland, [RBS-LN Loading... ()] which reported an operating loss of about $2.5 billion for the third quarter. The bank - majority owned by the UK government - did say it could reach profitability by 2011.
Still to Come:
FRIDAY: Geithner speaks; Droid phone hits store shelves; wholesale trade; consumer credit; Fed's Duke speaks
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