The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.4%, over 100 points, on Thursday, while the S&P 500 rose 0.4% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite gained 0.5%. Stocks jumped after a bigger-than-expected increase in jobs last month: The Labor Department reported that 4.8 million jobs were added in June—more than the 2.9 million expected. The unemployment rate fell to 11.1%, down from 13.3% in May. The jobs data for June was collected ...
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended Friday with a decline of 5.9% year-to-date and still in correction territory 10.7% below its all-time high of 18,351.36 set on May 19. The Dow is up 6.1% since setting its 2016 low of 15,450.56 on Jan. 20. Only one of the eight “Dogs of the Dow” is lagging the Dow since setting their 2016 lows and five have gains between 13.8% and 16.1%. Four of the eight have gains year–to-date led by Verizon, with ...
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