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U.S. stock index futures steadied on Friday<\/strong>, as investors awaited the crucial nonfarm payrolls report<\/strong> while digesting Amazon\u2019s weaker-than-expected revenue outlook<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Thursday<\/strong>, the NASDAQ Composite and S&P 500<\/strong> logged their third consecutive session of gains<\/strong>, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed slightly lower<\/strong>. All three major indexes are poised to end the week with modest gains<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The January jobs report<\/strong>, due later in the session, will provide key insights into the U.S. economy and Federal Reserve\u2019s rate trajectory<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier data this week showed private payroll growth<\/strong>, but job openings declined sharply<\/strong>, the most in 14 months<\/strong>. A strong labor market<\/strong> could give the Federal Reserve more reason to keep rates steady<\/strong>, especially amid inflation concerns<\/strong> and uncertainty over Trump\u2019s policies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) fell in premarket trading<\/strong> after issuing a weaker-than-expected Q1 2025 sales forecast<\/strong> of $151 billion to $155.5 billion<\/strong>, below estimates of $158.33 billion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The slowdown in cloud growth<\/strong> has also raised concerns over AI investments<\/strong>, as tech giants<\/strong> ramp up capital spending on artificial intelligence in 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" U.S. stock index futures steadied on Friday, as investors awaited the crucial nonfarm payrolls report while digesting Amazon\u2019s weaker-than-expected revenue outlook. Stock Market Overview Dow Jones Futures: Up 16 points (0.1%) S&P 500 Futures: Down 3 points (0.1%) Nasdaq 100 Futures: Down 15 points (0.1%) On Thursday, the NASDAQ Composite and S&P 500 logged their …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":110831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-global-stock-markets","category-market-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111556"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111558,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111556\/revisions\/111558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Stock Market Overview<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Nonfarm Payrolls in Focus<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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