News Bulletin

Friday, October 2nd, 2026

Evening Edition

 

Economic Numbers:

Time

Event

Actual

Forecast

Previous

Friday, October 2nd, 2026

8:30

Nonfarm Payrolls (Sep)

29K

89K

133K

8:30

Unemployment Rate (Sep)

4.20%

4.10%

4.10%

8:30

Average Hourly Earnings (MoM) (Sep)

0.10%

0.30%

0.30%

8:30

Private Nonfarm Payrolls (Sep)

46K

85K

89K

8:30

Average Hourly Earnings (YoY) (YoY) (Sep)

3.00%

3.20%

3.10%

8:30

U6 Unemployment Rate (Sep)

7.60%

 

7.70%

8:30

Participation Rate (Sep)

61.80%

 

61.60%

8:30

Manufacturing Payrolls (Sep)

9K

10K

15K

8:30

Government Payrolls (Sep)

-17.0K

 

44.0K

8:30

Average Weekly Hours (Sep)

34.4

34.3

34.4

10:00

Factory Orders (MoM) (Aug)

0.10%

0.10%

0.80%

10:00

Factory orders ex transportation (MoM) (Aug)

0.30%

 

0.70%

10:00

Durables Excluding Transport (MoM) (Aug)

0.20%

 

0.30%

10:00

Durables Excluding Defense (MoM) (Aug)

0.00%

 

0.10%

10:00

Fed Logan Speaks

 

 

 

13:00

U.S. Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count

456.00

 

455

13:00

U.S. Baker Hughes Total Rig Count

598.00

 

599

15:30

CFTC S&P 500 speculative net positions

-142.5K

 

-133.2K

15:30

CFTC Nasdaq 100 speculative net positions

51.2K

 

56.2K

15:30

CFTC Gold speculative net positions

218.6K

 

225.9K

15:30

CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions

109.5K

 

141.1K

 

Indices
 

 

CLOSE

50 DMA

200 DMA

DJIA

51,176.96

52,710.27

50,274.57

NASDAQ

27,190.86

26,306.63

24,729.63

S&P 500

7,722.72

7,657.71

7,224.75

 

Earnings Calendar:

(EPS: Earning Per Share / Rev: Revenue / Mkt Cap : market Capital/ BMO : Before Market Opening /AMC : After Market Close)

Nil

Market News:

The benchmark S&P 500 climbed 0.8% to close at 7,724.06 points, while the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5% to settle at 51,177.44 points. The tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite jumped 1.2% to conclude at 27,190.86 points after taking out a new record intraday high of 27,353.68 points earlier.

 

 

 

MongoDB plunged 18.5% on Monday and is currently on course to end the week down around 14.7% after President and CEO Chirantan Desai resigned with immediate effect to lead a new AI initiative at Meta Platforms.

 

 

 

CME Group (CME) said it is withdrawing its filing to launch a 10-barrel crude oil futures contract that had been designed to trade around the clock, citing concerns raised by industry participants about potential unintended consequences.

 

 

 

Vistra Corp (NYSE:VST) shares trimmed earlier losses Friday afternoon, trading down 0.3% at $139.20 after dropping to a session low of $135.79 following a Bloomberg report that the Trump administration plans to offer the company a roughly $4 billion loan package to upgrade three of its nuclear plants. Prior to the news breaking, the stock was trading near $137.

 

 

 

Fitch Ratings has revised the outlook on LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ:LKQ) to stable from positive, while affirming its long-term issuer default rating at 'BBB-'. The adjustment reflects a delayed deleveraging trajectory driven by softness in repairable collision claims and active shareholder returns.

 

 

 

Moody’s Ratings has downgraded Edgewell Personal Care Co's (NYSE:EPC) corporate family rating to B1 from Ba3, citing elevated leverage, modest free cash flow, and persistent profitability headwinds. Despite the credit rating reduction, the agency revised Edgewell’s outlook to stable from negative, signaling that the consumer products maker may be reaching an operational turning point following a period of heavy restructuring.

 

 

 

The Federal Aviation Administration ruled that a newly identified software glitch in the Boeing 737 MAX does not present a flight-safety concern, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing officials familiar with the matter.

 

 

 

A federal judge in Pennsylvania denied Starbucks’ motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a union representing thousands of its employees on Friday. US District Judge Michael Baylson rejected Starbucks’ argument that no live controversy existed when the union filed suit in April, pointing to a 2024 memorandum of understanding between the parties.

 

 

 

Fair Isaac was a significant decliner this week, currently down 22.7% in the period after Bloomberg reported that the Federal Housing Finance Agency is planning to require lenders to use credit data from only two of the three major bureaus for mortgages sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The stock fell premarket on Friday before recovering.

 

 

 

The Nike selloff continued, with the stock down 5.3% over the week to its lowest level since 2013. It has lost around 4.9% as of 13:40 ET on Friday after mixed fiscal first-quarter results.

 

 

 

Mattel jumped 18.8% on Thursday and is on course to close the week up 13.6% following a report that the toy maker has attracted takeover interest.

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