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28 stories for“october jobs report 2026”
Payrolls beat the 59,000 consensus by a wide margin, August and September were revised up by 84,000, and futures now price a December rate rise as likely, while long-term joblessness quietly climbed.
Nov 6, 2026
A 3 percent weekly fall for gold and nearly 9 percent for silver set up a week holding the US midterms on Tuesday and the October jobs report on Friday. The levels and calendar to watch.
Nov 1, 2026
A forecast of 59,000 new jobs and a flat 4.2 percent jobless rate would be unremarkable on any other Friday, but traders have priced a December Fed hike at about two in three after Thursday's rout.
Nov 6, 2026
Oil, not chips, drove Friday's selloff: the Dow fell 1.2 percent and most sectors slid while the Nasdaq barely moved. Energy shares hit a record ahead of a Fed meeting and big-tech earnings.
Oct 24, 2026
Bullion is still set for its best week since late August, but the metal gave back a part of Thursday's gains as oil rebounded, Asia's tech rout drained cash and Fed hike bets stayed near two in three.
Nov 6, 2026
Bullion lost the $4,000 line in London and kept sliding through the New York morning, pulled down by a hawkish Fed, hot inflation data, oil near $117 and a tech sell-off forcing liquidations.
Oct 30, 2026
Wall Street read the Democratic sweep as gridlock and cheaper energy. The S&P 500 rose 1.58 percent, the 10-year yield fell to 4.89 percent, and CoreWeave, Nvidia and Trump Media led the losers.
Nov 4, 2026
After two days of diplomacy-driven swings, crude is rising again with Gulf shipping below 60 percent of capacity and a Qatar-brokered draft agreement yet to win backing in Washington or Tehran.
Nov 6, 2026
Precious metals extended Wednesday's post-election surge through Thursday's equity rout, with gold up more than 5 percent on the week and Citi calling for $4,500 within three months.
Nov 5, 2026
A second day of selling in AI stocks sent the Dow down 1,833 points and Nvidia down 9 percent, erasing the post-midterm rally and leaving the Nasdaq more than 10 percent off its peak.
Nov 5, 2026
A record 34.6 percent operating margin and a $4.8 billion buyback were not enough: weaker fourth-quarter guidance and a lower ad target sent the stock down about 5 percent after the bell.
Oct 21, 2026
The ad-tech company guided fourth-quarter revenue to as much as $2.4 billion, while Qualcomm's handset sales fell 26 percent and its profit outlook landed below the Street.
Nov 4, 2026
Earnings after Thursday's rout split cleanly: Airbnb raised its outlook, Cloudflare surged, and DraftKings and Atlassian were punished for weak guidance, with futures traders watching for a bounce.
Nov 5, 2026
Monday's split tape saw the Nasdaq lose 1.1 percent on AI-spending doubts and a $115 billion chip deal, while airlines, cruise lines and the Dow rose on a 7 percent drop in oil.
Nov 2, 2026
Seoul halted trading within minutes of the open and Tokyo ended more than 20 percent below its June peak, as Asia absorbed Wall Street's worst day since the April 2025 tariff shock.
Nov 6, 2026
