| This is Bill Roller of BR Capital with the KUIK Morning Market Report for Friday, April, 6 | |||||||
| The bond market is open for a holiday-shortened session Friday, while the U.S. stock market and commodity markets are closed for Good Friday. | |||||||
| Index | Direction | Change | Units | Last | |||
| 30 Year Treasury | Down | (5.8) | basis points | 3.32 | |||
| The U.S. economy added 120,000 jobs in March, the smallest increase in five months. That number of jobs, seasonally adjusted, fell well below expectations and failed to top the 200,000 mark for the first time since November. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch expected 210,000. | |||||||
| The dollar and treasury yields fell after the report. The dollar index which tracks the greenback against a basket of other major currencies, fell to 79.865. It was at 80.084 before the report | |||||||
| Always serving the West Side first, I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for AM 1360 KUIK. | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-economy-gains-120000-jobs-in-march-2012-04-06?link=MW_story_popular | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dollar-drops-against-rivals-after-jobs-report-2012-04-06 | |||||||