Hotter-Than-Expected Nonfarm Payrolls for April

Employment Situation Report - The U.S. added +177K new jobs in April, surpassing the +133K expected by analysts, while the unemployment rate remained at +4.2% [1][2] - Previous months' job numbers were revised down, with March's jobs revised from +228K to +185K and February's from +151K to +117K [2] - Hourly wage growth slowed to +0.2% from +0.3% expected, with year-over-year growth at +3.8%, down 10 basis points from estimates [3] Sector Performance - Education & Health Services led job growth with +70K jobs added, followed by +29K in Transportation & Warehousing and +24K in Leisure & Hospitality [4] - Federal agencies saw a minor job loss of -9K, which was lower than expected due to severance packages associated with recent layoffs [4] Market Reaction - The labor market's resilience is reflected in pre-market index movements, with the Dow up +425 points, S&P 500 up +60 points, and Nasdaq up +215 points [5] Q1 Earnings Reports - ExxonMobil reported earnings of $1.76 per share, beating estimates by 4 cents but missing on revenue [6] - Chevron posted earnings of $2.18 per share, beating estimates by 3 cents but missing revenue expectations by -2% [6] - Shell reported a strong earnings beat of +19.5% ahead of the market opening [6] Company-Specific Earnings - Wendy's reported earnings of 20 cents per share, in line with estimates, but revenues of $523.47 million slightly missed consensus [7] - Piper Sandler achieved a +69% positive earnings surprise with earnings of $4.09 per share and revenues of $383 million, outperforming consensus by +7.8% [8]