Wall Street stocks flat as markets digest jobs data
Nonfarm Payrolls data exceeds estimates
GameStop slides as 'Roaring Kitty' returns to YouTube
Nvidia dips with market cap back below $3 trillion
Lyft gains after forecasting annual growth in bookings
Indexes mixed: Dow up 0.03%, S&P up 0.02%, Nasdaq down 0.21%
Updates to 2:28 PM ET
By Chibuike Oguh
NEW YORK, June 7 (Reuters) - Wall Street stocks were mostly flat on Friday in choppy trading after stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data pointed to a robust economy but also prompted worries that the Federal Reserve may wait longer to cut interest rates than many investors had hoped.
The U.S. economy generated about 272,000 jobs in May, far more than the 185,000 analysts had forecast, according to a Labor Department report . The unemployment rate inched up to 4%.
The benchmark S&P 500 .SPX slipped immediately after the report while U.S Treasury yields climbed as traders slashed bets on a September rate reduction. But the index recovered and briefly hit a fresh intraday record high as investors noted the data pointed to underlying economic health.
"This tells you there's certainly not going to a cut in the short term, and with the bond yields going back up it's putting a lot of pressure on the risk-on trade, which is probably small caps," said Sandy Villere, portfolio manager at Villere & Co in New Orleans.
"It's just a function of interest rates and maybe a little higher for longer, and people have to recalibrate for that type of environment. So it definitely looks like a risk-off trade so far today," he added.
Rate-sensitive real-estate stocks .SPLRCL were leading losses, while financial equities .SPSY were advancing ahead of others. All three major indexes were on track for weekly gains.
Traders now see a 56% chance of a September rate reduction, according to the CME's FedWatch tool. Investors will eye U.S. inflation data next week and the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting, which ends on June 12.
"No one expects the Fed to cut (rates next week), but will they open the door for a cut as soon as September is the big question on everyone's mind," said Ryan Detrick, chief market strategist at the Carson Group, adding he still sees a September reduction on the table.
At 2:28 p.m., the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 10.90 points, or 0.03%, to 38,897.07, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 1.07 points, or 0.02%, to 5,354.03 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC lost 36.36 points, or 0.21%, to 17,136.70.
GameStop GME.N slumped 38% in volatile trading just asstock influencer "Roaring Kitty" kicked off his first livestream in three years. The gaming retailer had announced a potential stock offering and a drop in quarterly sales.
Other so-called meme stocks also fell, withAMC Entertainment AMC.N and Koss Corp KOSS.O down 14% and 17%, respectively.
Nvidia <NVDA.O> slipped 0.7%, on track to extend the previous session's losses, with its valuation again dipping below the $3 trillion mark. The chipmaker's highly anticipated 10-for-1 share split is due after markets close and could make the more-than-$1,000 stock cheaper for investors.
Lyft LYFT.O shares rose 0.6%, following a forecast of 15% annual growth in its gross bookings through 2027 after markets closed on Thursday.
Declining issues outnumbered advancers by a 2.66-to-1 ratio on the NYSE. On the Nasdaq, 1,139 stocks rose and 3,039 fell as declining issues outnumbered advancers by a 2.67-to-1 ratio.
The S&P 500 posted 17 new 52-week highs and 5 new lows while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 30 new highs and 131 new lows.
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Reporting by Chibuike Oguh in New York; additional reporting by Lisa Mattackal and Johann M Cherian in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai and David Gregorio
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