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FILE - Pedestrians walk past the New York Stock Exchange building on March 25, 2024, in New York. Global shares have mostly declined on Friday, April 5, 2024, as investors looked to a key U.S. jobs report due later in the day to gauge the health of the economy and see what the Federal Reserve might do on interest rates. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

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Stock market today: Wall Street gains ground following surprisingly strong US jobs report
April 7, 2024 midnight

Stock market today: Wall Street gains ground following surprisingly strong US jobs report

Stocks posted solid gains on Wall Street as a strong report on employment showed the U.S. economy continues to chug along. The S&P 500 rose 1.1% Friday.