After the Nasdaq's worst day in 18 months, the October jobs report decides the next move. Payrolls at 8:30 ET.
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Today's Pre-Market News
Friday, November 6, 2026Edition No. 5Every trading day · 6:00 AM ET
Today's Pre-Market News, Edition No. 5: futures, key levels, what to watch and volatility risk
The setup
Selling started in chips and AI infrastructure, as investors questioned whether the money pouring into data centers will pay off, then spread to the whole market (Motley Fool, StockTitan). Nvidia lost about 9% and AMD about 17%; the Nasdaq is now in correction territory. After the bell, Cloudflare and Airbnb jumped after earnings, lifting futures. This morning's jobs report now sets the tone: a weak number would revive growth worries, a hot one would push yields back up. Overnight, Reuters reports the sell-off wiped out hedge-fund gains and is forcing risk cuts; Nasdaq futures then recovered as Asian markets came off their lows (Seeking Alpha).
Currencies (4:00 AM ET vs Thu 5 PM)
EUR/USD1.1181−0.37%USD/JPYon page 1
GBP/USD1.3390−0.45%USD/CAD1.4074+0.40%
AUD/USD0.6878−0.79%Dollar DXYon page 1
Bitcoin$75,619−0.13%
Overnight: Japan's Nikkei and South Korea's Kospi each fell about 6%; Hong Kong's Hang Seng slipped 1.27%. In Europe, the Euro Stoxx 50 is down 0.98% and Germany's DAX 1.35%.
Risk windows today (ET)
The main windows are on page 1. Also scheduled: consumer credit (time below). Friday afternoons after a big jobs report often see position squaring into the weekend.
Full U.S. calendar today (ET): other releases
TimeReleaseExp.Prior
08:30Average Hourly Earnings YoY2.9%3.0%
08:30Nonfarm Payrolls Private64K46K
08:30Manufacturing Payrolls5K9K
08:30Government Payrolls—−17K
08:30Participation Rate—61.8%
08:30U6 Unemployment Rate—7.6%
08:30Average Weekly Hours34.434.4
10:00Michigan Current Conditions Prel48.044.7
10:00Michigan Consumer Expectations Prel49.547.3
10:00Michigan 1-Year Inflation Expectations Prel—4.7%
10:00Michigan 5-Year Inflation Expectations Prel—3.5%
15:00Consumer Credit Change (Sep)$12B$8.28B
Also reported after Thursday's close: Monster Beverage, EOG Resources, Simon Property Group, Devon Energy, Con Edison, Live Nation, Microchip, Mettler-Toledo, Ameren, Axon.
Week ahead: core CPI (0.2% m/m exp.) Tuesday; PPI Friday 8:30 (0.4% m/m exp., 1.3% prior).
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Sources: Yahoo Finance and TradingView (prices, calendar, earnings, news), Reuters, Seeking Alpha, BLS, Federal Reserve, Motley Fool, StockTitan, SIFMA. Educational content only. Not financial advice. Futures trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor.

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