How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Friday Oct. 7 , 2022

How Major US Stock Indexes Fared Friday Oct. 7 , 2022
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The Associated Press
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Wall Street lost more ground on worries that a still-strong U.S jobs market may actually make a recession more likely.

The S&P 500 fell 2.8 percent Friday after the government said employers hired more workers last month than expected. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq also fell sharply, and Treasury yields rose.