The Labor Department released their August data showing that the U.S. economy added 315,000 jobs. Despite the positive jobs report, the major benchmark indexes continued their decline on Friday. The S&P 500 shed 1.1% to 3924.26, was down 3.3% for the week and has lost 8.3% over the last three weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average went down 1.1% to 31318.44 on Friday and was down 3% for the week. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.3% to close at 11630.86 and 4.2% for the week. E

The major U.S. stock indexes closed higher on Thursday. The S&P 500 climbed 1.43% to close at 4520.16. All 11 sectors of the S&P 500 went up on Thursday as well with the Information Technology sector gaining +2.71%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 1.02% to 34707.94 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite went up by 1.93% to close at 14191.84. Economic Reports Initial jobless claims for the dropped for the week ending March 19 from 215,000 to 187,000. Continuing jobless c