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Kiplinger
Kiplinger
Business
David Dittman

S&P 500 Hits New High on Jobs Friday Eve: Stock Market Today

Stock market up green bull.

The main U.S. equity indexes opened up and trended higher through the last trading session before a badgered and beleaguered Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its August jobs report before Friday's opening bell.

Investors, traders and speculators looked beyond a couple of disappointing earnings reports from high-profile software makers and instead turned to incoming economic data.

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