Dow Rallies 1000 Points, Jobs Numbers Surge

The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 927 points, or 3.5%. The S&P 500 traded 2.9% higher. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 2.3%. The Nasdaq-100, which tracks the 100-largest nonfinancial companies in the composite, rose 2.1% to a record high.

Friday’s rally put the S&P 500 down just 0.7% for 2020. At one point this year, the broader market index was down 30.3%. The Dow was only down 4.3% year to date after being down as much as 34.6% in 2020. The Nasdaq Composite is now up more than 9% this year.