
On Friday, August 4, the U.S. markets ended lower as investors assessed the latest batch of jobs data.
“The U.S. economy added 187K jobs in July, compared to market estimates of 200K and compared to a revised 185K gain in June,” said Benzinga. “The unemployment rate fell to 3.5% in July from 3.6% in June, versus market estimates of 3.6%.”