Wall St jumps as Amazon's gains offset weak jobs growth, Apple sales
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Amazon.com leaps as retail strength boosts profit
Chevron, Exxon rise after results
US jobs growth slows sharply in October
Indexes up: Dow 1.13%, S&P 500 0.90%, Nasdaq 1.23%
Updated at 12:05 p.m. ET/1605 GMT
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Sruthi Shankar
Nov 1 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes surged on Friday, rebounding from the previous session's selloff as Amazon's strong earnings countered Apple's weaker China sales as well as a significant drop in U.S. jobs growth in October.
Amazon.com AMZN.O soared nearly 7%, on track for its best day since February, asstrong retail sales lifted itsprofit above Wall Street estimates.
Meanwhile, AppleAAPL.O dropped 1.8%, the only so-called Magnificent Seven member in the red,as investors worried about a decline in its Chinasales.
Cost warnings on AI-related infrastructure from Meta Platforms META.O and Microsoft MSFT.O saw the Nasdaq .IXIC log itsworst day in nearly two months on Thursday.
"When you look at expectations for the Magnificent Seven megacaps, there's been an expectation that the tree was going to grow to the sky - so far, earnings have been a mixed bag and when you look at valuations, there is some room to pull back," said Brad McMillan, chief investment officer at Commonwealth.
Equity markets broadly overlooked weak U.S. October nonfarm payrolls data, given disruptions from hurricanes and strikes. The data showed an increase of 12,000 jobs, much smaller than economists' estimate of a 113,000 rise.
However, the unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%, reassuring investors the labor market remained on solid ground ahead of the U.S. presidential election.
"The unemployment number is holding steady, so I'm not worried about (the labor market) just yet," McMillan said.
After the data was released,investors largelystuck to bets thatthe central bank would cutrates by 25 basis points in November as well as December.
The Nov. 5 U.S. election is oninvestors' minds, with many analysts predicting a close race and some uncertainty over the final outcome. The Fed's November meeting kicks off the following day.
Unsurprisingly, equity volatility has risen in recent days, with the CBOE Volatility Index .VIX trading around its highest in three weeks, though it eased slightly from nearly a two-month high on Thursday.
Rising Treasury yields are also likely to add pressure to equities, with the benchmark 10-year note US10YT=RR at a nearly four-month high. US/
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 472.54 points, or 1.13%, to 42,236.00, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 51.35 points, or 0.90%, to 5,756.80 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC gained 223.31 points, or 1.23%, to 18,318.46.
Most S&P 500 sectors gained ground, barring dips in Utility .SPLRCU and Real Estate .SPLRCR stocks, while Amazon.com's gains lifted the Consumer Discretionary index .SPLRCD to a more than two-year high.
The Dow was set for slight weekly gains, while the S&P 500 .SPX and the Nasdaq .IXIC were on track for declines.
Intel INTC.O jumped 7.6% after a better-than-expected revenue forecast and lifted other chip stocks, with Nvidia NVDA.O rising 2.9%. An index of chip stocks .SOX was up 2%.
Oil majors also rose, withChevron CVX.N adding 3.7% after beating third-quarter profit estimates on higher oil output.
Shares of Boeing BA.N gained 3.6% after a union of striking workers endorsed an improved contract offer, with members expected to vote on Monday.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 1.8-to-1 ratio on the NYSE, and by a 1.79-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.
The S&P 500 posted 10 new 52-week highs and four new lows, while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 54 new highs and 76 new lows.
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Reporting by Lisa Mattackal and Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai
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