NYMEX Makes an About-Face on Jobs Report

After starting the early morning in the red, Markets made an about face mid morning as new economic news hit the wires. The Jobs report showed an additional 165,000 jobs were added last month, above the 148k expected. That pushed unemployment down to roughly 7.5%, additionally the magic pencil revised March and February numbers up by a combined 60k jobs. While these are encouraging numbers for the US workforce, most agree that the World market may not be as optimistic. A well supplied market and growing concern over an already fragile European Zone, which today cut forward growth rates, has limited the upside to the NYMEX over the last several sessions. Additionally, China is expected to report sluggish manufacturing rates next week. As the day went on, distillate markets cooled off while gasoline still stayed strong. Look for next week to be much of the same as positions look to be solidified as we move towards the summer driving hype. At the close, Crude added $1.62 to $95.61, HEAT gained .0289 $2.8844, and RBOB jumped .0448 to $2.8254

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