US stock indices rose at the beginning of trading on Friday, despite the release of conflicting data in the monthly jobs report.
This, economic data issued by the US Department of Labor revealed that the largest economy in the world added 245,000 jobs during November, while analysts expected to add 480,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate fell to 6.7%.
Moreover, the trade balance deficit in the United States increased in October by 1.7% to 63.1 billion dollars, while analysts' expectations indicated a deficit of 64.7 billion dollars. Markets are still closely following the developments of the Corona virus crisis as they prepare to distribute millions Doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
In terms of trading, by 15:03 GMT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3% (equivalent to 105 points) to 30,075 points, and the Nasdaq rose by 0.3% (equivalent to 38 points) to 12,415 points, and it rose. S&P 500 "0.4% (equivalent to 16 points) to 3683 points.
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