Dow Drops 464 Points Ahead of Jobs Data — What Does Tonight's Print Need to Show?
U.S. stocks fell broadly Thursday — Dow −464 points (−0.85%), S&P 500 −0.18%, QQQ −0.37% — with Treasury yields and crude both higher. Everything points at July payrolls tonight (8:30 a.m. ET / 20:30 Beijing): consensus near 80,000 against June's 57,000, unemployment holding at 4.2%. The cooling evidence keeps stacking — ADP at 44,000, openings down, ISM services employment at 47.4. Gentle cooling with contained wages pulls yields lower and gives AI and semis valuation room; a hot print revives September hike bets. Tonight, watch the number or the wages?