Nasdaq leads down week for stocks

The unemployment rate fell to 3.9%

U.S. stocks ended the first trading week of 2022 on a down note falling across the board Friday with all three of the major averages registering weekly losses. 

The Nasdaq Composite fell nearly 1%, the S&P 500 0.4% while the Dow Jones Industrials finished little change. 

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
I:DJI DOW JONES AVERAGES 39807.37 +47.29 +0.12%
SP500 S&P 500 5254.35 +5.86 +0.11%
I:COMP NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX 16379.458265 -20.06 -0.12%

For the week, the Nasdaq paced the drop with a 4.5% selloff, the S&P lost 1.8% and the Dow a lesser 0.3%. 

Bonds continued to climb. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to nearly 1.8% a two-year high. Financial stocks rose as higher yields bode well for banks. 

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
XLF FINANCIAL SELECT SECTOR SPDR ETF 42.10 +0.21 +0.50%
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 200.31 +0.79 +0.40%
BAC BANK OF AMERICA CORP. 37.91 +0.09 +0.22%
C CITIGROUP INC. 63.24 +0.49 +0.78%

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In economic news, nonfarm payrollrose by 199,000 in December less than the 400,000 economists were expecting even as the unemployment rate dipped to 3.9%. "Leisure and hospitality, in professional and business services, in manufacturing, in construction, and in transportation and warehousing" added workers according to the Labor Department. 

FED, OPEC'S PUNY PRODUCTION MOVES PUSHES OIL TO $80

Oil briefly topped the $80 per barrel before settling at $78.90 per barrel putting oil producers on the radar. 

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
USO UNITED STATES OIL FUND L.P. 78.72 +1.18 +1.52%
BNO UNITED STS BRENT OIL FD LP UNIT 31.90 +0.43 +1.37%
XOM EXXON MOBIL CORP. 116.23 +1.18 +1.03%
CVX CHEVRON CORP. 157.72 +1.36 +0.87%

JOBLESS CLAIMS TICK UP TO 207,000 BUT REMAIN NEAR HALF-CENTURY LOW

In stocks, shares of GameStop Corp jumped after a Wall Street Journal report said the retailer is launching a division to develop a marketplace for nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and establish cryptocurrency partnerships.

GAMESTOP SHARES SURGE ON PLANS TO ENTER NFT AND CRYPTOCURRENCY MARKETS

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
GME GAMESTOP CORP. 12.52 -0.65 -4.94%

Big tech names including Apple, Amazon and Microsoft bounced between losses and gains during the session. 

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
AAPL APPLE INC. 171.48 -1.83 -1.06%
AMZN AMAZON.COM INC. 180.38 +0.55 +0.31%
MSFT MICROSOFT CORP. 420.72 -0.71 -0.17%

Separately, Apple CEO Tim Cook made nearly $100 million in compensation last year, per SEC filings. 

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Ford gave up early gains after announcing it would double the production of its F-150 Lightning on Tuesday. 

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
F FORD MOTOR CO. 13.28 +0.21 +1.61%

Shares of Papa Johns rose after announcing plans for an aggressive rollout in South China with plans to open 1,350 new stores by 2040.

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
PZZA PAPA JOHN'S INTERNATIONAL INC. 66.60 +0.34 +0.51%

and in cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin continued its free-fall trading around the $41,000 level, a five-month low. 

The move hit crypto-related exchange-traded funds and stocks.  

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
BITO PROSHARES TRUST BITCOIN STRATEGY ETF 32.30 +1.04 +3.33%
BITQ EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS TRUST BITWISE CRYPTO INNOVATORS E 13.16 +0.08 +0.61%
COIN COINBASE GLOBAL INC. 265.12 +8.42 +3.28%
MSTR MICROSTRATEGY INC. 1,704.56 -214.60 -11.18%

FOX Business' Ken Martin and The Associated Press contributed to this report.