“There are, however, some pretty dumb *answers* to stock market questions drifting around out there. :-)”
You got that right...the “unexpected job report” might have something to do with a down market...
How many unexpected job reports have there been that didn’t affect the market? I remember a few negative job reports that actually caused an uptick. Today we closed the gap that was caused on 5-10-10 at the open. We came close yesterday and when we are that close it will usually close the gap the next day. Today was determined a down day at close yesterday before job reports even came out.