Wall St. Ticks Up Modestly Ahead Of Sept. 6 Jobs Report

Wall Street is leaning toward modest gains before the opening bell on Thursday following back-to-back sell-offs to kick off a month that’s expected to bring an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve, the Associated Press (AP) reported.

Markets continued to digest earnings reports and other corporate news ahead of Friday’s crucial government jobs report. I Photo: Billie Grace Ward Flickr

Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were both up by less than 0.1% before the bell.

Markets continued to digest earnings reports and other corporate news ahead of Friday’s crucial government jobs report. In Europe at midday, France’s CAC 40 fell 0.7%, while Germany’s DAX rose 0.2%.

Britain’s FTSE 100 remained flat. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped 1.1%, closing at 36,657.09.

In South Korea, the Kospi ended 0.2% lower at 2,575.50, as the country’s economy contracted by 0.2% in the second quarter, in line with estimates. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index declined 0.1% to 17,444.30, while the Shanghai Composite index was up 0.1% at 2,788.31. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.4% to 7,982.40.