Stock market today: US futures edge higher as investors gear up for key jobs report

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Investors braced for a key monthly jobs report, with the Middle East crisis and a return to work at US ports also in high focus.

US stock futures ground out small gains on Friday as investors braced for a key monthly jobs report, with the Middle East crisis and a return to work at US ports also in high focus.Friday's report, set for release at 8:30 a.m. ET, is expected to show nonfarm payrolls rose by 150,000. But Wall Street is likely to focus less on hiring and more on the unemployment rate, where a gain could boost bets on a larger rate cut.

In recent days, a huge ports strike, devastation from Hurricane Helene, and the prospect of a wider Mideast conflict promised to lift prices and fan inflation. That in turn cast doubt on the Fed's preferred 0.25% rate cut.kept alive the Mideast worries that have driven up oil prices.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 04, 2024 -- Alaska Energy Metals Corporation makes the announcements listed below. Chief Financial OfficerKevin Ma has been appointed as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective immediately, replacing David Cross, who served as the Company’s CFO since 2020. Mr. Cross and his firm, Cross Davis & Company, will continue to assist with accounting and financiVANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 04, 2024 -- Pulse Oil Corp.

Toronto, Ontario-- - Awakn Life Sciences Corp.

 

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