Stocks were mixed today following the release of the Labor Department’s August jobs report, which showed a sharp slowing in hiring last month with the Delta variant’s latest spread.
Dow Jones finished -75 at 35,369
S&P 500 finished -2 at 4,535
NASDAQ finished +32 at 15,363
The 10 Year Treasury closed up 3 basis points yielding 1.32%
Oil prices closed down $0.72 ending at $69.27 a barrel.
Gold prices closed up $20.00 ending at $1,831 an ounce.
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