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Urgent: U.S. stocks keep falling despite upbeat jobs data

Xinhua, January 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks reversed early gains to end sharply lower Friday, with the Nasdaq Composite Index on a seven-session losing streak, as Wall Street digested a stronger-than-expected jobs report.

The Dow fell 1.02 percent, and the S&P 500 dropped 1.08 percent, while the Nasdaq lost 0.98 percent. Endit