"Stocks Retreat as Jobs Report Looms: Dow, S&P, and Bitcoin Prices React"
TL;DR
Stocks were little changed on Friday as investors analyzed the US monthly jobs report, which showed a surprise drop in the unemployment rate to 3.7% in November. The report indicated that the labor market may not be cooling as quickly as expected, potentially influencing the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates. Meanwhile, the UK antitrust regulator is considering a probe into the partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI. In commodities, oil prices bounced back but are still on track for the longest run of losses in five years.
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