U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Dow Jones falling around 75 points on Friday.

The Dow traded down 0.22% to 34,319.84 while the NASDAQ fell 0.71% to 11,401.44. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.47% to 4,057.57.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Energy shares rose by 0.1% on Friday. Leading the sector was strength from Borr Drilling Limited (NYSE:BORR) and CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE:CEIX).

In trading on Friday, information technology shares fell by 1.4%.

Top Headline

The US economy unexpectedly added 263,000 jobs in November, following a revised 284,000 gain in October and also surpassing market estimates of 200,000.

The unemployment rate came in unchanged at 3.7% in November, while average hourly earnings increased by 0.6% to $32.82 in November.

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded up 0.8% to $81.88 while gold traded down 1% at $1,797.50.

Silver traded up 0.3% to $22.90 on Friday while copper fell 0.6% to $3.7960.

Euro zone

European shares were mixed today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 fell 0.13%, London’s FTSE 100 rose 0.02% while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index fell 0.28%. The German DAX gained 0.46%, French CAC 40 fell 0.17% and Italy’s FTSE MIB Index fell 0.22%.

Producer prices in the Eurozone declined 2.9% from a month ago in October versus a 1.6% increase in the previous month. French government budget deficit widened to EUR 143.2 billion in January-October compared to EUR 171.6 billion in the year-ago period. Industrial production in France dropped by 2.6% from the earlier month in October.

The trade surplus in Germany narrowed to €5.3 billion in October from €12.5 billion in the year-ago period.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed lower on Friday, with the Japan’s Nikkei dropping 1.59% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index falling 0.33%. China’s Shanghai Composite Index dropped 0.29%.

Retail sales in Australia dropped by 0.2% from a month ago to AUD 35.02 billion in October versus a growth of 0.6% in September.

Economics

The US economy unexpectedly added 263,000 jobs in November, following a revised 284,000 gain in October and also surpassing market estimates of 200,000. The unemployment rate came in unchanged at 3.7% in November, while average hourly earnings increased by 0.6% to $32.82 in November.

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COVID-19 Update

The U.S. has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world, reporting a total of 100,743,390 cases with around 1,106,370 deaths. India confirmed a total of at least 44,673,980 cases and 530,620 deaths, while France reported over 37,916,050 COVID-19 cases with 159,020 deaths. In total, there were at least 648,749,110 cases of COVID-19 worldwide with more than 6,642,930 deaths.