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US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Futures hold onto losses after March nonfarm payrolls data

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 04/04/25 08:36 AM EDT

April 4 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures held onto losses on Friday as investors assessed nonfarm payrolls data for March to gauge the health of the world's largest economy.

A Labor Department report showed the U.S. economy added 228,000 jobs last month, compared with economists' estimate of a rise of 135,000. The unemployment rate stood at 4.2%, compared with expectations of 4.1%.

Average monthly earnings rose 0.3% in the previous month, compared with expectations of a 0.3% rise.

At 08:31 a.m. ET, U.S. S&P 500 E-minis were down 145 points, or 2.67%, Nasdaq 100 E-minis were down 540 points, or 2.89%, Dow E-minis were down 1,094 points, or 2.68%. (Reporting by Pranav Kashyap in Bangalore; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta)

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