Stock Market Update

16-Dec-25 08:40 ET

Futures point to flat open amid data releases

Market is Closed

[BRIEFING.COM] S&P futures vs fair value: +1.00. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: +3.00.

The S&P 500 futures currently trade one point above fair value.

November nonfarm payrolls increased by 64,000 (Briefing.com consensus: 30,000) from a prior decrease of 105,000.

November private sector payrolls increased by 69,000 (Briefing.com consensus: 34,000) from a prior increase of 52,000.

The November unemployment rate was 4.6% (Briefing.com consensus: 4.4%) from 4.4% in September.

November average hourly earnings were up 0.1% (Briefing.com consensus: 0.3%) from a prior increase of 0.4%.

The average workweek in November was 34.3 hours (Briefing.com consensus: 34.3) versus 34.2 hours in September.

Retail sales were unchanged month-over-month in October (Briefing.com consensus: 0.3%) after increasing a downwardly revised 0.1% (from 0.2%) in October.

Excluding autos, retail sales were up 0.4% (Briefing.com consensus: 0.3%), following a downwardly revised 0.1% increase (from 0.3%) in September.