Stocks shrug off disappointing jobs data: Yahoo Finance
Major indexes (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) are trading slightly higher following October’s weaker-than-expected jobs report. Only 12,000 jobs were added to the economy, far below the 100,000 economists had forecasted. However, hurricanes and strikes weighed on the data. Investors now brace for two major market tests next week: the US presidential election and the Federal Reserve’s…