Stock Market Update
02-Oct-26 08:36 ET
September employment report
Market is Closed
[BRIEFING.COM] S&P futures vs fair value: +64.00. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: +329.00.
The S&P 500 futures currently trade 64 points above fair value.
Just released, nonfarm payrolls increased by 29K (Briefing.com consensus 100K) from the downwardly revised prior increase of 133K (from 162K).
Nonfarm private sector payrolls increased by 46K (Briefing.com consensus 100K) from the downwardly revised previous increase of 89K (from 127K).
The unemployment rate increased slightly to 4.2% (Briefing.com consensus 4.1%) from the prior level of 4.1%.
Average hourly earnings increased by 0.1% in September (Briefing.com consensus 0.3%), from the prior increase of 0.3%.
The average workweek held steady at 34.4 hours in September (Briefing.com consensus 34.3).
