Friday, January 4, 2013

Jobs Number OK, Stocks Post Mild Gain

It was a pretty nice week for stocks all in all. Good kick-off to the new year, though there are still issues to be resolved. Once the euphoria over the horrid fiscal cliff deal wears off, it will be business as usual, more pimping and pumping of stocks to the sky.

Non-farm payrolls for December came in at a ho-hum 155,000 and the unemployment rate remained at 7.8%, due to a revision from last month, which was originally reported at 7.7%.

That's all. It's Friday. Go spend.

Dow 13,435.21, +43.85 (0.33%)
NASDAQ 3,101.66, +1.09 (0.04%)
S&P 500 1,466.47, +7.10 (0.49%)
NYSE Composite 8,667.68, +59.89 (0.70%)
NASDAQ Volume 1,743,607,375
NYSE Volume 3,662,983,000
Combined NYSE & NASDAQ Advance - Decline: 4529-1933
Combined NYSE & NASDAQ New highs - New lows: 400-8
WTI crude oil: 93.09, +0.17
Gold: 1,648.90, -25.70
Silver: 29.95, -0.774

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