U.S. stocks are rising Friday after a report showed U.S. employers went on a stronger spree of hiring last month.

Investors braced for a key monthly jobs report, with the Middle East crisis and a return to work at US ports also in high focus.

Investors braced for a key monthly jobs report, with the Middle East crisis and a return to work at US ports also in high ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 133.68 points, or 0.32%, to 42,145.27, the S&P 500 gained 24.02 points, or 0.42%, to 5,723.96 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 126.26 points, or 0.70%, to ...

Wages for U.S. workers tracked up in September as average hourly earnings for all employees on private, non-farm payrolls ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) rallied after US Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) jobs figures blew past expectations. US NFP net job gains soared to 254K on Friday, cudgeling market hopes for a second ...

Food prices saw their fastest increase in 18 months in September, with the prices of all commodity groups rising, led by sugar, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations said.

The S&P 500 climbed on Friday, buoyed by a surprising jobs report that boosted investor confidence in the economy’s health.

This year, the stock market has generally fared poorly on jobs day, with the small-cap focused Russell 2000 index having it ...

Wall Street's major averages were mixed Friday, and Treasury yields jumped, after nonfarm payrolls surged in September, soothing growth fears but slashing odds of a big Fed rate cut next month.  The ...

The trading week was ending with investors digesting the strong September jobs report, a selloff in the bond market, the end of a port strike, and still-rising oil prices after Iran's missile attack ...