US Equity Indexes Mixed as Traders Evaluate Composition of Blowout Nonfarm Payrolls

03:57 PM EST, 02/11/2026 (MT Newswires) -- US equity indexes traded mixed ahead of Wednesday's close as investors looked at details of a strong jobs report.

The S&P 500 rose 0.1% to 6,950.1, the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.1% to 23,079.3, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was little changed at 50,156.4.

Communication services, consumer discretionary, and financials declined. Energy, consumer staples, and materials led the gainers.

Total nonfarm payrolls rose by 130,000 in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said, double the 65,000 gain expected in a Bloomberg poll. Health care led gains, adding 82,000 positions in January, according to the BLS.

The unemployment rate fell to 4.3%, while the market expected it to hold steady at December's 4.4% print, the BLS report said.

The report showed employers added 181,000 jobs last year, revising lower from the 584,000 reported previously. In health care, job growth averaged 33,000 a month in 2025.

Most US Treasury yields rose following the nonfarm payrolls data, with the two-year higher by 6.2 basis points to 3.52%, and the 10-year rate up 3.3 basis points to 4.18%.

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