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    Dow Falls 50 Points; US Adds 64,000 Jobs In November

    Benzinga·12/16/2025 14:56:07
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    U.S. stocks traded mostly lower this morning, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 50 points on Tuesday.

    Following the market opening Tuesday, the Dow traded down 0.13% to 48,353.11 while the NASDAQ fell 0.01% to 23,054.37. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.14% to 6,807.09.

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    Leading and Lagging Sectors

    Information technology shares rose by 0.1% on Tuesday.

    In trading on Tuesday, energy stocks fell by 1.8%.

    Top Headline

    Nonfarm payrolls increased by 64,000 in November, only slightly above the 50,000 jobs expected by economists, but still well below levels typically associated with a healthy pace of job creation, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday.

    Private-sector hiring remained a bright spot, with 69,000 private payrolls added, comfortably above expectations of 40,000.

    Equities Trading UP
               

    • SRx Health Solutions Inc (NYSE:SRXH) shares shot up 117% to $0.66 after the company announced it signed an agreement to acquire EMJ Crypto Technologies.
    • Shares of AlphaVest Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:AMCI) got a boost, surging 31% to $10.30.
    • Cementos Pacasmayo SAA – ADR (NYSE:CPAC) shares were also up, gaining 54% to $10.77 after Holcim signed an agreement to purchase 50.01% of the company’s owner, Inversiones Aspi. S.A. of the Hochschild Group.

    Equities Trading DOWN

    • Zynex Inc (NASDAQ:ZYXI) shares dropped 59% to $0.27 after the company announced it entered into Chapter 11 court-supervised financial restructuring.
    • Shares of Radiopharm Theranostics ADR (NASDAQ:RADX) were down 41% to $6.24. Radiopharm Theranostics shares jumped 150% on Monday after the company announced interim RAD 101 Phase 2b clinical imaging trial data showing 92% concordance with MRI, the primary endpoint.
    • Saverone 2014 Ltd – ADR (NASDAQ:SVRE) was down, falling 40% to $2.13 after gaining 18% on Monday.

    Commodities

    In commodity news, oil traded down 1.9% to $55.77 while gold traded up 0.1% at $4,339.70.

    Silver traded down 0.4% to $63.33 on Tuesday, while copper fell 0.7% to $5.3770.

    Euro zone

    European shares were mostly lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 slipped 0.1%, while Spain's IBEX 35 Index fell 0.2%. London's FTSE 100 fell 0.5%, Germany's DAX 40 fell 0.3% and France's CAC 40 gained 0.1% during the session.

    Asia Pacific Markets

    Asian markets closed lower on Tuesday, with Japan's Nikkei falling 1.56%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng dipping 1.54%, China's Shanghai Composite declining 1.11% and India's BSE Sensex falling 0.63%.

    Economics

    • U.S. retail sales came in flat for October from September, compared to a revised 0.1% gain in the previous month, and down from market estimates of a 0.1% growth.
    • The U.S. economy added 64,000 jobs in November, versus a 105,000 loss in the previous month and compared to market estimates of a 50,000 increase.
    • The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 4.6% in November from 4.3% in the previous month, compared to market estimates of 4.4% and recording marking the highest reading since September 2021.
    • Average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.1% month-over-month to $36.86 in November compared to a 0.4% rise in the previous month.

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