NewsWatch: S&P 500, Nasdaq hit new records after October jobs numbers beat expectations

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Stocks jumped at the start of trade Friday, with the benchmark S&P 500 index notching a new intraday record, after the Labor Department estimated the U.S. economy added 128,000 new jobs in October and upwardly revised its estimate of job growth in September and August. See full story.

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