U.S. market indexes were higher on Friday and ended the week with gains. For the day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 19963.80 for a gain of 64.51 points or 0.32%. The S&P 500 closed at 2276.98 for a gain of 7.98 points or 0.35%. The Nasdaq Composite closed at 5521.06 for a gain of 33.12 points or 0.60%. The VIX Volatility Index was lower at 11.40 for a loss of -0.27 points or -2.31%.
For the week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.98%. The S&P 500 Index gained 1.67% and the Nasdaq Composite gained 2.52%.
Friday’s market movers
The December jobs report helped stocks to gain. For the month, the labor market added 156,000 jobs. The unemployment rate increased to 4.7%. Other economic reports affecting trading on Friday included the following:
- The international trade deficit increased to -$45.2 billion above consensus of -$44.5 billion for the International Trade report.
- Factory orders decreased -2.4%.
- The Baker Hughes North American rig count increased to 870 from 815.
In the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the following stocks led gains:
Goldman Sachs (GS, Financial) 1.48%
United Technologies (UTX, Financial) 1.08%
McDonald's (MCD, Financial) 0.89%
Microsoft (MSFT, Financial) 0.87%
In the broad market, technology stocks led gains. The S&P 500 technology sector gained 0.73% for the day.
Small-cap stocks
In small-caps, the Russell 2000 Index closed at 1367.28 for a loss of -4.65 points or -0.34%. The S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 840.17 for a loss of -4.87 points or -0.58%. The Dow Jones Small-Cap Growth TSM Index closed at 8062.99 for a loss of -16.52 points or -0.20%. The Dow Jones Small-Cap Value TSM Index closed at 9745.94 for a loss of -33.95 points or -0.35%.
Other notable indexes
Other notable index closes included the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index at 1682.07 for a loss of -1.31 points or -0.08%; the S&P 100 Index at 1008.15 for a gain of 4.01 points or 0.40%; the Russell 3000 Index at 1354.05 for a gain of 3.75 points or 0.28%; the Russell 1000 Index at 1263.48 for a gain of 4.16 points or 0.33%; and the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index at 640.58 for a gain of 0.93 points or 0.15%.
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