U.S. market indexes gained on Friday. For the day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 21414.34 for a gain of 94.30 points or 0.44%. The S&P 500 closed at 2425.18 for a gain of 15.43 points or 0.64%. The Nasdaq Composite closed at 6153.08 for a gain of 63.61 points or 1.04%. The VIX Volatility Index was lower at 11.15 for a loss of -1.39 points or -11.08%.
For the week, the Dow Jones gained 0.28%, the S&P 500 gained 0.06% and the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.18%.
Friday’s market movers
On Friday, the United States Department of Labor released its June employment report, which showed an increase of 222,000 jobs. The jobs report was above consensus of 170,000 and an increase from the prior month’s 152,000. The unemployment rate was slightly higher than expected at 4.4% versus consensus of 4.3% and a previous rate of 4.3%.
The better-than-expected jobs report helped stocks to gain on Friday. In the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the following stocks led gains:
McDonald's (MCD, Financial) 2.08%
Microsoft (MSFT, Financial) 1.30%
In the broad market, technology stocks led gains. The S&P 500 technology sector gained 1.10% for the day.
Small-cap stocks
In small-caps, the Russell 2000 Index closed at 1415.84 for a gain of 15.02 points or 1.07%. The S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 854.73 for a gain of 9.66 points or 1.14%. The Dow Jones Small-Cap Growth TSM Index closed at 8557.11 for a gain of 97.47 points or 1.15%. The Dow Jones Small-Cap Value TSM Index closed at 9537.68 for a gain of 73.35 points or 0.78%.
Other notable indexes
Other notable index closes included the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index at 1747.36 for a gain of 16.61 points or 0.96%; the S&P 100 Index at 1068.65 for a gain of 5.90 points or 0.56%; the Russell 3000 Index at 1437.11 for a gain of 9.95 points or 0.70%; the Russell 1000 Index at 1343.78 for a gain of 8.90 points or 0.67%; and the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index at 656.08 for a gain of 2.20 points or 0.34%.
