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Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq edge lower after hot jobs report fuels Fed rate-hike bets

US stocks slipped as investors ramped up bets of a Federal Reserve rate hike following a surprisingly strong August jobs report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI ) fell 0.5%, and the S&P 500 โ€ฆ

Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq edge lower after hot jobs report fuels Fed rate-hike bets
Yahoo Finance โ€” 4 September 2026
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US stocks slipped as investors ramped up bets of a Federal Reserve rate hike following a surprisingly strong August jobs report.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI ) fell 0.5%, and the S&P 500 ( ^GSPC ) declined by 0.3% after the two benchmark indexes posted their best day in nearly a month. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ( ^IXIC ) dipped 0.1%.

All eyes were on the August payrolls report , which showed 162,000 jobs added in the previous month, blowing past economists' expectations of 55,000 jobs added. That offered a strong countersignal to the economic data released this week, which suggested the labor market remained stuck in a pattern of sluggish but stable growth.

The question on Wall Street was whether August's strong jobs number would be enough to tilt the Fed toward hiking interest rates. Following the hot jobs report, traders increased their bets of a Fed rate hike in September to roughly 60% odds, according to CME Group .

In individual stock moves, Lululemon stock tanked 16% after the athleisure apparel company cut its revenue and profit guidance, and second quarter revenue declined. There are no other notable earnings reports scheduled for Friday.

Tesla ( TSLA ) shares moved sharply lower Friday morning after reports that the company is facing an investigation by the US traffic safety regulator into whether its new Cybercab model complies with regulatory requirements.

Shares pulled back by roughly 6% on Friday's announcement of an investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The investigation formally began on Thursday, per the NHTSA announcement โ€” the same day Tesla held its official launch event for the Cybercab in Austin, where the company said customers will be able to book rides beginning Friday evening.

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