Quote from wiesman02:
technical trader. My trading is unaffected by this move. Im just trying to make sense of it as to how so many big players can see that data as such great news at 830est to make that push up so high.
This is how the market read it...
U.S. nonfarm payrolls rose by 244,000 in April, the most in 11 months, the Labor Department said on Friday, well above economist' expectations for an increase of 186,000.
"Surprisingly good, strong number here -- this reminds everyone that we are still on the path of recovery," said Jeff Kleintop, chief market strategist at LPL Financial in Boston.
"This might even put a bid back in commodities which have suffered so tremendously this week on the fear that there is no more need for an inflation hedge."