| What to watch today: Stock futures rise after June jobs report tops expectations | | |  | FRI, JUL 02, 2021 | | | | AS OF FRI, JUL 02, 2021 • 08:49 ET | | Dow Jones Fut | | 34,633.53 | | Current: | 34,598.00 | | Change: | 84.00 | | Impl. Open: | 92.47 | | | S&P 500 Fut | | 4,319.94 | | Current: | 4,322.50 | | Change: | 11.75 | | Impl. Open: | 12.56 | | | NASDAQ 100 Fut | | 14,560.05 | | Current: | 14,624.50 | | Change: | 76.00 | | Impl. Open: | 74.45 | | | Russell 2000 Mini | | 2,329.36 | | Current: | 2,334.10 | | Change: | 7.10 | | Impl. Open: | 9.74 | | Stock index futures rose slightly after the release of the government's better-than-expected June employment report. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% to register yet another record close Thursday. The broad index is riding a six-day win streak, matching its longest of 2021. A higher session Friday would give it its first seven-day win streak since last August.
The Dow which lagged the other major averages in June has risen in three straight sessions and is at its highest since June 4. The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq are all positive for the week and are on track to chalk up a second straight weekly gain.
* Treasury yields dip despite anticipation over June jobs report (CNBC) | | | | The U.S. economy added 850,000 jobs in June, eclipsing the Dow Jones consensus projection of 706,000. The Labor Department's key report also showed the unemployment ticked up to 5.9%, when economists expected it to come in at 5.6%. | | | | At 10:00 a.m. ET, May factory orders are projected to show a 1.7% jump following April's 0.6% decline. | | | | There are no earnings reports on the calendar for today, either this morning or after today's closing bell. The New York Stock Exchange is closed Monday in observance of Independence Day. | | Space tourism company Virgin Galactic (SPCE) scheduled its next test spaceflight for July 11, and company founder Sir Richard Branson intends to be onboard. The timing is particularly noteworthy, as the U.K. billionaire aims to beat Jeff Bezos to space. The Amazon founder is scheduled to launch on July 20 with his own company, Blue Origin. Shares of Virgin Galactic rose more than 28% in premarket trading. (CNBC) | | | | Toyota Motor sold more vehicles in the U.S. than General Motors (GM) in the second quarter, marking the first time the Japanese automaker has done so in a three-month reporting period. On Thursday, Toyota said it sold 688,813 vehicles in America from April through June, narrowly edging out GM's 688,236 vehicles. Toyota's results topped analyst expectations; GM's came up short. The last time GM was not America's top-selling automaker for a quarter was the third quarter of 1998, when Ford outsold it, according to Edmunds. (CNBC) | | | | Search and rescue operations at the collapsed Florida condominium building have started back up, following a pause Thursday morning due to worries that the rest of the structure may fall. According to the mayor of Miami-Dade County, 145 people remain unaccounted for and 18 people are confirmed dead. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden met with victims' families and first responders in Florida on Thursday. (CNBC) | | | | Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) said its Covid-19 vaccine showed promise against the delta variant and other emerging strains of the virus. It also said immune response among vaccine recipients lasted at least eight months. | | | | Didi Global (DIDI) shares gave up a premarket gain, following news that China's Cyberspace Administration will conduct a cybersecurity investigation into the Chinese ride-hailing company's operations. | | | | Raytheon Technologies (RTX) won a $2 billion Air Force contract to produce a nuclear-armed cruise missile. Design and manufacturing of the missile is expected to be completed in February 2027. | | | | Verizon (VZ) told regulators it would continue to support low-cost wireless service if it is allowed to complete its $6.9 billion deal to buy prepaid mobile phone provider Tracfone. | | | | Apollo Global (APO) announced it would buy a stake of up to 24.9% in financial technology investor Motive Partners, with The Wall Street Journal reporting that the transaction values Motive at about $1 billion. | | |
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