US markets closed out the week mixed on Friday following jobs numbers. Dow up 116 points (+0.33%). S&P 500 up 0.18% and NASDAQ flat.
Quiet week – US closed tonight. Results season is over. Second-grade economic releases. Lots of ex-dividends. All eyes on the RBA – but there’s nothing to see. Phil Lowe’s last.
The ASX 200 closed 41 points up to 7319 (+0.%), letting go of earlier gains as economic data dampened the mood.
SPI Futures up 31 after US jobs numbers were good enough – Not sure the jobs numbers are enough to confirm our best hopes, but they didn’t kill them either. We have survived to thrive.
Good start with the ASX 200 up 60 points – better than the Futures, which were up 31 on the back of the OK Jobs Numbers in the US on Friday. FMG and BEN ex-dividend. Solid progress in the resources sector today – iron ore is up, BHP and RIO up in the US on Friday.
JOBS NUMBERS – Good enough – Not sure the jobs numbers are enough to confirm…
Wall Street finished mixed overnight. The Dow Jones finished 168 points lower (-0.48%). Dow at…
Jobs numbers set to kill or fill our recent hopes for a peak on rates. End of the results season – Hooray. What an analyst goes through. Retirement Today – Timing the Market – A good game. US closed on Monday for the Labor Day holiday. Some dividends coming up include BHP, FMG, MIN. And BEN. Henry away for three weeks – the PRE-MARKET podcast has a dazzling new host (Me!).
The ASX 200 finished out the week down 27 points to 7278 (-0.4%) but up 2.29% for the week as reporting season wraps up.