The S&P 500's 11 main sectors were trading in the green on Friday, following a report on jobs for April that came in better than expected, with an...
The S&P 500's 11 main sectors were trading in the green on Friday, following a report on jobs for April that came in better than expected, with an unemployment rate that fell to a nearly 50-year low. The labor-market data helped to prompt a broad-market rally after a multiday skid for the indexes, with S&P 500 SPX, +0.74% energy sector XLE, +1.13% rising better than 1.1%, with defensive sectors like real estate also showing gains of about 0.1%. The S&P 500 overall was trading 0.
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