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Stock futures are lower and bonds are getting smoked after the jobs report

Jun 5, 2015, 18:04 IST

Stock futures are lower and bonds are getting crushed after the May employment report showed that the US economy added 280,000 jobs, a big beat, and the unemployment rate rose to 5.5%.

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Near 8:32 a.m. ET, Dow futures were down 170 points, S&P 500 futures were down 7 points, and Nasdaq futures were down 17 points.

On Thursday, the Dow and the S&P 500 had their weakest day in four weeks, following a selloff in global bond markets.

Treasuries sold off sharply. The yield on the benchmark 10-year note was up about 10 basis points at 2.4%.

In an interview on Bloomberg radio, Janus Capital's Bill Gross said the jobs report implies a "bear market for long term bonds."

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Gold slipped to around $1,168 per ounce, falling by about $8. The dollar jumped more than 1%, with its index gaining to around 96.42.

The jobs report showed that wages rose faster than expected. Average hourly earnings climbed 0.3% month-over-month, and 2.3% year-over-year.

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