(Reuters) - Crude rose more than $1 a barrel on Friday, posting its first...
(Reuters) - Crude rose more than $1 a barrel on Friday, posting its first weekly gain in three weeks after a favorable U.S. jobs report and resumed trade talks between the U.S. and China, raising hopes for growth in the world's two largest economies.
Brent crude futures settled at $66.47 a barrel, up $1.13, or 1.73%. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude finished at $64.58, up $1.21 or 1.91%.
Both benchmarks settled with weekly gains after declining for two straight weeks. Brent has advanced 2.75% this week, while WTI is trading 4.9% higher.
"I think the jobs report was Goldilocks," said Phil Flynn, senior analyst with the Price Futures Group. "It was not too hot, not too cold but just right to increase the chances for an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve."
S&P 500 closes just above 6,000 as Dow wipes out 2025 loss
U.S. stocks closed sharply higher on Friday, with the...
U.S. stocks closed sharply higher on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average erasing its 2025 loss as investors weighed a stronger-than-expected jobs report.
The Dow rallied 443.13 points Friday, or 1%, to end at 42,762.87.
The S&P 500 gained 61.06 points, or 1%, to close at 6,000.36.
The Nasdaq Composite climbed 231.50 points, or 1.2%, to finish at 19,529.95.
Friday marked the first time since Feb. 21 that all three equities benchmarks closed in positive territory on a year-to-date basis, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The S&P 500 ended 2.3% below its record closing peak notched Feb. 19.
The U.S. economy added 139,000 jobs in May while the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.2%, according to a report Friday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The pace of job growth slowed last month, but the total number of jobs created was stronger than Wall Street expected.
All three major U.S. stock-market benchmarks booked back-to-back weekly gains, with investors appearing encouraged by President Donald Trump’s phone call this week with China’s leader Xi Jinping about trade. The Dow rose 1.2% for the week, while the S&P 500 advanced 1.5% and the technology-heavy Nasdaq rallied 2.2%.
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President Trump said he spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping—the first...
President Trump said he spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping—the first time since Trump’s inauguration in January—for about 90 minutes yesterday, and agreed to meet in the near future for trade talks. According to Trump, the two addressed the issue of rare earth metals, which China stopped exporting in April in response to Trump’s tariffs, though Beijing’s readout of the phone call did not mention rare earths. Trump said the call focused on trade and did not delve into matters concerning Iran, Ukraine, or Russia. A day before the call, Trump posted on social media that he liked Xi but that the Chinese leader was “EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE A DEAL WITH!!!”
