Stock Market Update
20-Nov-25 08:40 ET
September Nonfarm Payrolls
Market is Closed
[BRIEFING.COM] S&P futures vs fair value: +80.00. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: +446.00.
The S&P 500 futures currently trade 80 points above fair value.
Just released, September nonfarm payrolls increased by 119,000 (Briefing.com consensus: 50,000). August nonfarm payrolls were revised to -4,000 from 22,000.
August private sector payrolls increased by 97,000 (Briefing.com consensus: 58,000), from a downwardly revised 18,000 in August (from 38,000).
The September unemployment rate was 4.4% (Briefing.com consensus: 4.3%) versus 4.3% in August.
The September average workweek was 34.2 (Briefing.com consensus 34.3) from a prior level of 34.2.
Weekly initial jobless claims for the week ending November 15 decreased to 220,000 from 238,000.
Continuing jobless claims for the week ending November 8 increased to 1.974 million (from 1.946 million).
