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S&P 500 futures pare gains after October non-farm payrolls data

Reuters
S&P 500 futures pare gains after October non-farm payrolls data

Nov 6 (Reuters) - ‌S&P 500 futures pared gains on ​Friday ‌after a stronger-than-expected jobs ‌report reinforced expectation that the Federal Reserve ‌could raise interest rates in its policy meeting next month.

A Labor Department ⁠report showed non-farm ‌payrolls increased by ⁠165,000 last month, compared ​with 65,000 jobs expected by economists polled ​by Reuters. The ​unemployment ‌rate stood at 4.1% ​compared with expectations ⁠of 4.2%.

At 8:31 ‌a.m. ET, ​Dow ​e-minis were down 493 points, or 0.96%, S&P 500 E-minis were up ‌8 points, or 0.11%, and Nasdaq 100 ‌E-minis ​were up 367.5 points, or 1.37%.

(Reporting by Utkarsh Hathi in Bengaluru; ‌Editing by Arun Koyyur)