Wall Street Today: US stocks on the Dow Jones, Nasdaq, and S&P 500 rose on Thursday’s stock market session after the US Labor Department data revealed a strong job report for the economy amid the raging concerns over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies. 

According to an AP report, the US economy added 147,000 jobs in June 2025. The unemployment rate dropped 4.1% compared to its earlier level of 4.2%, showing that the US labor market remains resilient despite the effect of the raging Trump tariffs. 

Dow Jones Today

At 9:30 a.m. (EDT), The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened 0.18% higher at 44,565.75 points, compared to 44,484.42 points at the previous stock market close. The index is currently trading 0.78% higher at 44,843.24 points as of 10:58 a.m. (EDT). 

Travelers Cos. Inc., Boeing Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Cisco Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Salesforce Inc., International Business Machines Corp., Nvidia Corp., American Express Co., UnitedHealth Group Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Visa Inc., Amazon Inc., Apple Inc., Sherwin-Williams Co., Caterpillar Inc., Honeywell International Inc., Chevron Corp., Walmart Inc., Walt Disney Co., Amgen Inc., Coca-Cola Co., Johnson & Johnson, and Home Depot Inc. were among the other shares which were the top gainers as of the early market session. 

Verizon Communications Inc., McDonald’s Corp., Procter & Gamble Co., Nike Inc., Merck & Co. Inc., and 3M Co. were the top laggards according to Marketwatch data. 

S&P 500 Today

The S&P 500 index rose 0.31% at the opening bell to 6,246.46 points, compared to 44,484.42 points at the previous US market close. The index is currently trading 0.77% higher at 6,275.62 points as of 11:01 a.m. (EDT), according to the data collected from Marketwatch. 

Nasdaq Today

The Nasdaq Composite index opened 0.51% higher at 20,497.663 points on Thursday’s Wall Street session, compared to 20,393.13 points at the previous market close. Marketwatch data shows that the index is trading 0.96% higher at 20,588.28 points as of 11:04 a.m. (EDT). 

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