News Bulletin

Friday, September 04 2026
Morning Edition

Economic Numbers:

Time	Event	Forecast	Previous
Friday, September 4, 2026
8:30	Average Hourly Earnings (MoM) (Aug)	0:04	0.001
8:30	Nonfarm Payrolls (Aug)	55K	-23K
8:30	Unemployment Rate (Aug)	0:59	0.041
8:30	Private Nonfarm Payrolls (Aug)	45K	30K
8:30	Average Hourly Earnings (YoY) (YoY) (Aug)	0:43	0.032
8:30	Participation Rate (Aug)		0.614
8:30	U6 Unemployment Rate (Aug)		0.079
8:30	Government Payrolls (Aug)		-53.0K
8:30	Manufacturing Payrolls (Aug)	5K	5K
8:30	Average Weekly Hours (Aug)	7:12	34.3
13:00	U.S. Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count		447
13:00	U.S. Baker Hughes Total Rig Count		588

Indices:

	CLOSE	50 DMA	200 DMA
DJIA	53,685.52	52,914.95	49,823.71
NASDAQ	26,584.06	25,989.70	24,378.88
S&P 500	7,747.60	7,584.54	7,136.10

Earnings Calendar:

Company	Ticker	Country	Quarter	Timing	Prior EPS	EPS Estimate
GameStop	GME	US	Q2	After Market Close	-0.19	0.25
AeroVironment	AVAV	US	Q1	After Market Close	-0.31	0.32
American Eagle Outfitters	AEO	US	Q2	After Market Close	-0.22	0.45
Copart	CPRT	US	Q4	After Market Close	-0.39	0.41
Cooper Companies	COO	US	Q3	After Market Close	-1.12	1.1

Market News:

· U.S. job growth in August blew past expectations, government data showed on Friday.According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, total nonfarm payrolls increased by 162k last month, significantly higher than the anticipated 55k figure. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.1% in August.

· Lululemon (LULU) — Shares plunged about 18–20% premarket after the company cut its annual revenue outlook for the second time, citing weak sales in the Americas.

· Tesla (TSLA) — Shares fell roughly 3% premarket after U.S. regulators opened an investigation into the safety certification of its new Cybercab.

· Adobe (ADBE) — Shares declined after Adobe announced Anil Chakravarthy as incoming CEO, replacing Shantanu Narayen in December.

· AMC Entertainment (AMC) — Shares jumped around 18–20% premarket after CEO Adam Aron criticized Robinhood's tokenized-stock initiative.

· Nvidia (NVDA) — Shares gained in premarket trading after the company announced the acquisition of Hugging Face, adding to the AI-stock momentum.

· Smith & Wesson (SWBI) — Shares rose about 10% after quarterly sales increased 32% and the company returned to profitability.

· Equifax (EFX) — Shares dropped about 7% premarket following comments from FHFA Director Bill Pulte.

· Fair Isaac (FICO), Equifax (EFX) and TransUnion (TRU) — Credit-scoring stocks came under pressure amid changes being discussed around credit-score use.

· Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) — Freedom Broker upgraded the stock to Buy from Hold, citing improving mine-recovery prospects.

· Vale (VALE) — Freedom Broker downgraded the stock to Sell, citing concerns about growth concentration.

· DocuSign (DOCU) — Baird raised its price target to $72 from $55 while maintaining an Outperform rating.

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