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Gold down $4.80 or -0.15% at $3234.11WTI crude oil down $0.74 or -1.29% at $58.50

In the US stock market, the S&P closed higher for the ninth consecutive day. For the trading day:

Dow industrial average rose 564 points or 1.39% at 41317.43S&P index rose 82.54 points or 1.47% at 5686.65.NASDAQ index rose to 66.99 points or 1.51% at 17977.73

Dow industrial average rose 3.00%S&P index rose 2.92%NASDAQ index rose 3.42%

in the US debt market, yields moved higher after the better-than-expected US jobs report and solid factory orders:

2 year yield 3.823%, +12.3 basis points5 year yield 3.914%, +10.2 basis points.10 year yield 4.306%, +7.5 basis points30 year yield 4.787%, +5.1 basis points

Non-farm payrolls: +177K (vs. +130K expected; prior revised to us 185K versus 228K previously reported

Unrounded unemployment: 4.1872% (vs. 4.1519% prior)

Private payrolls: +167K (vs. +125K expected; prior revised to +170K versus 209K)

Government jobs: +10K (vs. +19K prior)

Average hourly earnings (m/m): +0.2% (vs. +0.3% expected; prior +0.3%)

Average weekly hours: 34.3 (vs. 34.2 expected; prior 34.2)

Total household employment: +436K (vs. +201K prior)

Part-time jobs: +56K (vs. +247K prior)

Two-month net revision: -58K (vs. -8K prior)

In the forex market: the dollar was mostly lower. It rose modestly versus the GBP. Below are the changes of the US dollar versus the major currencies for the day:

Japanese Yen: -0.29%

Swiss Franc: -0.35%

Australian Dollar: -1.02%

Looking ahead to next week the cutie will be the Federal Reserve rate decision Wednesday. The FOMC is expected to keep rates unchanged. Other key events include:

Mon May 5 • 2:30am CHF – CPI m/m: 0.2% (prev. 0.0%) • 10:00am USD – ISM Services PMI: 50.2 (prev. 50.8)

Tue May 6 • 6:45pm NZD – Employment Change q/q: 0.1% (prev. -0.1%) • 6:45pm NZD – Unemployment Rate: 5.3% (prev. 5.1%)

Wed May 7 • 2:00pm USD – Federal Funds Rate: 4.50% (prev. 4.50%) • 2:00pm USD – FOMC Statement • 2:30pm USD – FOMC Press Conference

Thu May 8 • 7:00am GBP – BOE Monetary Policy Report • 7:00am GBP – Monetary Policy Summary • 7:00am GBP – MPC Official Bank Rate Vote: 0–9–0 (prev. 0–1–8) • 7:00am GBP – Official Bank Rate: 4.25% (prev. 4.50%) • 8:30am USD – Unemployment Claims: 232K (prev. 241K)

Fri May 9 • 4:40am GBP – BOE Gov Bailey Speaks • 8:30am CAD – Employment Change: +24.5K (prev. -32.6K) • 8:30am CAD – Unemployment Rate: 6.7% (prev. 6.7%)

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.

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