(Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange opened on Friday on Friday increased, carried by a report on American employment better than expected and by the hopes of a de -escalation of trade tensions between Washington and Beijing.
In the first exchanges, the Dow Jones index earns 442.15 points, or 1.08% to 41,195.11 points and the Standard & Poor’s 500, wider, increased from 1.02% to 5,661.43 points.
The Nasdaq Composite takes 0.92% or 163.13 points, at 17,873.87 points.
The New York Stock Exchange welcomes the long-awaited figures for job creations in the United States on Friday, which testify to a still resilient labor market despite more and more dark prospects due to President Donald Trump’s commercial policy.
The monthly report of the Labor Department published on Friday lists 177,000 non -agricultural jobs created over the month, while the economists interviewed by Reuters provided an average of 130,000 after 185,000 in March.
“These are good employment data that suggests that the economy remains strong,” said Melissa Brown, director general of research on investment decisions at Simcorp.
This report, the first since the advertisements of massive customs duties by Donald Trump at the beginning of April, is retrospective and it is too early for the labor market to show the impact of American tariff policy.
“We could see these figures drop when the impact of customs duties will begin to be felt in the economy, but this is not yet the case,” said the analyst.
The customs duties file also contributes to optimism, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce having declared being in the process of “evaluating” a Washington proposal in order to organize talks about 145% surcharges imposed in Beijing by US President Donald Trump.
The possibility of a de -escalation eclipses for the moment the warnings of several leading companies, including Apple, which estimated Thursday that its costs would increase by around 900 million dollars in the quarter ending in June due to customs duties. The action of the iPhone manufacturer fell 4.8% at the opening.
The Airbnb seasonal rental platform, which has reported a drop in demand in the United States, while uncertainty about US trade policy harms consumer confidence, gives 0.56%.
Exxon Mobil, which reported a better than expected quarterly profit on Friday, takes 1.9%.
(Written by Diana Mandiá, edited by Augustin Turpin)
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