- Before the bell: S&P futures -1.1%, Nasdaq futures -1.0%
Market news
9 April 2012
Before the bell: S&P futures -1.1%, Nasdaq futures -1.0%
U.S. stock futures fell after American employers added fewer jobs than forecast in March.
Equities slumped last week after the Federal Reserve signaled it will refrain from further monetary stimulus and concern about Europe intensified. The U.S. Labor Department said April 6 that employers added 120,000 jobs, the fewest in five months and less than the median economist forecast of 203,000 in a survey. The amount had exceeded 200,000 for three straight months.
Global Stocks:
Nikkei 9,546.26 -142.19 -1.47%
Hang Seng 20,593 -197.98 -0.95%
Shanghai Composite 2,285.78 -20.78 -0.90%
European Stocks were closed today.
Crude oil $101.38 (-1.9%).
Gold $1646.50 (+1,0%).
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