- U.S. stocks traded mixed on Friday, with the Dow Jones index falling over 100 points while the NASDAQ and S&P 500 showed varied movements.
- The U.S. economy created 162,000 jobs in August, significantly beating estimates of 56,000 while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%.
- Commodities experienced a downturn with oil dropping 2.6% to $88.96 and gold falling 1.8% to $4,460.50.