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U.S. stock futures were mixed on Friday, as the Dow Jones and S&P 500 indices fell while the Nasdaq 100 index rose, following Thursday's higher close.

U.S. nonfarm payrolls surged by 162,000 in August, comfortably beating Wall Street estimates of roughly 56,000 and rebounding sharply from July’s revised gain of 21,000. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%, providing investors with a reassuring signal of labor market resilience without stoking immediate wage-inflation fears.

Investors are eyeing the August jobs report, scheduled to be released ahead of the opening bell. Benzinga Pro estimates a rebound in the pace of monthly job growth, from a loss of 23,000 jobs in July to a gain of about 56,000 in August.

Tensions remain elevated following a lethal explosion at an Iranian wedding that killed four and injured at least 68. According to Reuters, Weapons experts indicate the damage aligns with a U.S. 500 lb air-dropped bomb, prompting a U.S. military investigation.

Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury bond yielded 4.76%, and the two-year bond was at 4.34%. The CME Group’s FedWatch tool projections show markets pricing in a 50.2% likelihood of the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates at its September meeting.

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust(NYSE: SPY) and Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (NASDAQ: QQQ), which track the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, respectively, were higher in premarket on Friday. The SPY was up 0.038% at $773.46, while the QQQ advanced by 0.50% to $721.28.

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00:07all right red arrows in friday's pre-market ahead of our three-day holiday weekend here
00:14s&p futures actually right at unchanged they just went green to red temporarily but they are
00:21currently sitting higher by 0.01 let's just call that unch dow futures are down 0.12 and then
00:29asdaq up by 0.45 ahead of friday's open quick peek at oil here as well since we've been doing
00:37that
00:37recently oil down by just under a percent down 0.9 here this morning all right let's take a look
00:45at some cues from last session as well as some stocks in focus here for you today and some
00:51insights from analysts as per usual communication services and consumer discretionary and financial
00:58stocks led the s&p 500 higher on thursday while energy and materials slipped lower u.s stock
01:04futures were mixed on friday as the dow fell while the s&p and nasdaq indices rose following thursday's
01:11higher close investors are eyeing the august jobs report scheduled to be released ahead of the
01:17opening bell and benzenga pro estimates a rebound in the pace of monthly job growth from a loss of
01:2323 000 jobs in july to a gain of about 56 000 in august tensions remain elevated following a lethal
01:31explosion at an iranian wedding that killed four and injured at least 68 according to reuters weapon
01:37experts indicate the damage aligns with a u.s 500 pound airdropped bomb prompting a u.s military
01:44investigation meanwhile the 10-year treasury bond yielded 4.76 and the two-year bond was at 4.34
01:51the cme group sped watch tool projection show markets pricing in a 50.2 likelihood of the federal
01:57reserve hiking interest rates at its september meeting now we've got several stocks in focus
02:04here for you and the first one is actually going to be ui path the ticker is path p-a
02:09-t-h and it
02:10declined 10.1 percent in the pre-market on friday after reporting mixed results for the second quarter
02:15and raising its fiscal 27 sales guidance the next stock on our list is the big earnings report from
02:22last night it is lululemon athletica the ticker is l-u-l-u and it dropped 18.03 percent after
02:29posting
02:29mixed financial results for the second quarter after the closing bell yesterday it also lowered its
02:34full-year revenue outlook from a range of 11 billion to 11.15 billion to a new range of 10
02:40.35 to 10.5
02:42billion versus the estimate of 11.04 billion guide down no bueno the next stock on our list is going
02:50to be zscaler and the ticker is zs it slipped 4.1 percent after reporting better than expected
02:57financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 and issuing strong guidance for fiscal 2027
03:03the next stock on our list is going to be docu sign d-o-c-u is your ticker here
03:10it rose 2.32
03:11percent after posting upbeat financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2027 and raising its
03:17fiscal 2027 revenue outlook our list rounds out with american outdoor brands or ticker a-o-u-t and
03:26it was 24.58 percent higher after announcing better than expected first quarter fiscal 2027 results
03:32and so we'll see you anyway

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