Stocks rise after jobs data beat forecast
Reuters - U.S. stocks bounced higher on Friday after a week of sharp declines, with investors taking heart after a government report showed that job losses following Hurricane Katrina weren't as severe as feared.
Stocks Rise on New Unemployment Report
Dollar spikes up after jobs data
Reuters - The dollar extended gains early on Friday after the number of job losses in the U.S. last month following hurricanes Katrina and Rita were much less than economists had expected.
New York looks to open up, TSX to follow 200-point drop going into long weekend
Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - New York investors appeared ready Friday to end a small slide on the stock market there but in Toronto observers looked ahead to trading on an index that had plunged almost 200 points the day before.
NY stocks seen inching up
Reuters - U.S. stock index futures indicate a stronger start on Wall Street on Friday, helping markets limit this week's slide, but trading is likely to be cautious ahead of key non-farm payrolls data.
Friday's Wall Street Glance
AP - Dow Jones Industrials
Nikkei dips 0.6 percent
Reuters - Japan's Nikkei share average fell 0.63 percent on Friday, extending its biggest loss in six months a day earlier as investors locked in profits from top gainers, including energy stocks such as Teikoku Oil Co.
Dollar steadies ahead of US jobs data
Reuters - The dollar steadied on Friday after tumbling against the euro the previous day, though the market hesitated to make any big bets ahead of much-anticipated U.S. payrolls data.
Correction: Wall-Street Story
AP - In Oct. 4-5 stories about Wall Street, The Associated Press reported erroneously the first name of the Federal Reserve Bank President of Dallas. He is Richard W. Fisher, not Robert Fisher.
Stocks close lower on Fed remarks
Reuters - U.S. stocks closed lower on Thursday, with the S&P 500 on track for one of its worst weeks of the year, as a string of cautionary comments on inflation from Federal Reserve officials raised concerns about further interest-rate hikes.
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