- The non -parmer wage was overcome with a consensus at 177,000; The unemployment rate is constant is 4.2%, which is soft fears about the recession.
- Trump pressure powered to lower rates despite confident data; CBOT shows 88 bps soothing in the price.
- Apple and Amazon fall on a sales mission in China and a slowdown in cloud growth, despite overcoming EPS forecasts.
The industrial average Dow Jones (DJIA) accumulated over 600 points, i.e. over 1.65%, on Friday after a solid USA report, which rejected the fears that the largest economy in the world is associated with recession. DOD will end the week with the benefits of over 3%, and in the moment of writing it rises after 41 300 after the reflection of the daily lowest level 40 658.
Djia Rallies after 41,300 as solid NFP data increases the mood
In April, American wages in April increased by 177,000, compared to a reduced number of 185,000. In March, but exceeding estimates 130 thousand Earlier this week, the gloomy national report on the change in employment ADP suggested that companies employed fewer people than revealed by NFP.
Also, the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.2%, in line with forecasts that may prevent the Federal Reserve (FED).
Karen Georges, a capital fund manager at Ecofi in Paris, said: “These good numbers are unlikely to fuel inflation, but this does not change the game for the federal reserve and Jerome Powell.”
US President Donald Trump took advantage of good characters and slammed Fed Chairman Jerome Powell in his social network, demanding lower Fed interest rates.
Factory orders in the USA in March increased by 4.3% MOM, compared to 0.5% in the previous month, but slightly below 4.5% of prediction.
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In the meantime, Apple (Appl) and Amazon (amzz) shares fell by 3.5% and 1%, respectively, while the previous one affected the lack of sales in China and care for tariffs. Apple revealed its profits in the first quarter of 2025, and the profit per share (EPS) is USD 1.65, above estimates 1.62 USD, and revenues in the amount of USD 95.36 billion, compared to the expected $ 94.53 billion.
Amazon shares fell when he disappointed the enhance in cloud revenues. In the profit report in the first quarter of 2025, EPS increased to USD 1.59, compared to the $ 1.38 forecast, and revenues increased by USD 155.7 billion above forecasts of USD 154.88.
Fed expected to lower the rate
Data from the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) show that the SWAPS market expects 88 base points facilitating at the end of the year, as revealed in the Fed Federce Futures Fed Federce Fed agreement.
Dow Jones price forecast
Dow Jones remains downwards, although traders test a 50-day straight movable average (SMA) to 41 271. Daily closure above the latter can extend the recovery next to 42,000 figures, and the bulls focused on a 200-day SMA at 42,281.
And vice versa, if Dot falls below 41,000, the first support would be 40,000 brand before the 20-day SMA of 39 705. After cleaning the next support will be the lowest level 39 486, before the highest level April 22, April 22, 39 271, which will end the gap, observed between 22 and 23 April.
Dow Jones FAQ
The industrial average Dow Jones, one of the oldest stock market indicators in the world, is developed from the 30 most rotating operations in the USA. The index is rather weighted with the price, not weighted by capitalization. This is calculated by adding up the operating prices and dividing them by the factor, currently 0.152. The index was founded by Charles Dow, who also founded the Wall Street Journal. In later years he was criticized for not representative enough, because he follows only 30 conglomerates, unlike wider indicators such as S&P 500.
Many different factors drive the industrial average Dow Jones (DJIA). The main results of component companies revealed in the company’s quarterly reports are the main results. The condition and global macroeconomic data also contribute because they affect the mood of investors. The level of interest rates, determined by federal reserves (Fed), also affects DJIA, because it affects the cost of a loan on which many corporations are strongly dependent. Therefore, inflation can be the main driver, as well as other indicators that affect the FED decisions.
DOW theory is a method of identifying the basic stock exchange trend developed by Charles Dow. The key step is to compare the industrial direction of Dow Jones (DJIA) and medium transport of Dow Jones (DJTA) and follow only trends in which both move in the same direction. Volume is confirming criteria. The theory uses elements of peak analysis and the trough. Dow theory assumes three phases of the trend: accumulation when sharp money begins to buy or sell; Society’s participation when a wider society is joined; And distribution when sharp money comes out.
There are many ways to trade in DJIA. One of them is the employ of ETFs that allow investors to trade DJIA as one security instead of buying shares in all 30 components. The leading example is SPDR DOD Jones Industrial ETF (Dia). Djia Futures contracts enable traders by speculating the future value of the index and the options ensure the appropriate, but not the obligation, buying or selling the index at a predetermined price in the future. Investment funds enable investors to buy a diverse DJIA shares portfolio, thus ensuring a general exposure to the general indicator.
