By Joe Wallace
Stocks are up after June data, brought forward a day by Independence Day, pointed to slower-than-expected growth in the job market.
The U.S. added 57,000 jobs in June, down from May and roughly half the 115,000 jobs that economists expected to see added. Treasury yields slipped, as did the dollar.
Oil prices are extending their decline. Brent crude futures haven't been this cheap since the week before the U.S. attacked Iran.
Earlier today, stock markets in Seoul and Tokyo took a beating. Kioxia, which has gone from little-known memory-chip maker to Japan's highest-valued company, tumbled 13%.
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The yen strengthened against the dollar. Traders are on alert for possible intervention by Japanese authorities to support the currency, which fell to 40-year lows this week.
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