US stock indices trading higher after jobs report

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A snapshot of the market currently shows:

• Dow industrial average up 375.69 points or 1.13% at 33503.44
• S&P index of 43.5 points or 1.07% at 4104.73
• NASDAQ index up 126.52 points or 1.06% at 12092.92

Looking at the regional banks, they are calmed down:

• KRE regional bank index is up $1.72 or 4.77%
• Western alliance Bank is up $5.99 or 32.91%
• PacWest Bancorp is up $1.40 or 44.16%
• Zion Bank is up $2.83 or 14.20%

For the trading week, the major indices are still lower:

• Dow Industrial Average is down -1.56%
• S&P index is down -1.39%
• NASDAQ index is down -1.0%

Shares of Apple today after their earnings yesterday are currently up $7.55 or 4.54%. Nvidia is up 1.42% and Amazon is up 0.10%. Alphabet is unchanged, Meta is down -1.09%, and Microsoft is up 0.08%.

Otehr companies who announced earnings after the close yesterday:

• Monster Beverage is up 2.92%
• DoorDash is up 0.35%
• DraftKings is up 12.67%
• Coinbase is up 11.97%
• LYFT is down -18.24%
• Expedia is up 8.78%
• Dropbox is up 7.03%
• Booking holdings is down -2.42%