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Stocks labored for most of the day but managed to cling to slight gains, as major U.S. indices finished higher for the session and the week.

Economic Reports:

Nonfarm Payrolls decrease by 190,000 jobs for the month of October, down from a revised loss of 219,000 jobs the prior month - Full story;

Unemployment Rate is at 10.2% for the month of October, up from 9.8% the prior month - Full story;

Hourly Earnings show a 0.3% increase for the month of October, up from a 0.1% increase the prior month - Full story;

Wholesale Inventories show a 0.9% decrease for the month of September, improved from a 1.3% decrease the prior month - Full story;

Consumer Credit dropped by $14.8 billion for the month of September, down from a revised drop of $9.9 billion the prior month - Full story.

American International Group, Inc. reports 3rd-qtr net income of $0.68/diluted share, up from a loss of $181.02/share in the same qtr last year - Full story.

CBS Corp. reports 3rd-qtr net earnings of $0.30/diluted share, up from a loss of $18.58/share in the same period last year - Full story.

Starbucks Corp. reports fiscal 4th-qtr earnings of $0.20/share, up from $0.01/share in the year ago period - Full story.

NVIDIA Corp. reports 3rd-qtr net income of $0.19/diluted share, up from $0.11/share in the year ago qtr - Full story.

Activision Blizzard, Inc. reports 3rd-qtr earnings of $0.01/diluted share, up from a loss of $0.08/share in the prior year period - Full story.

After posting a loss of $3.47/share for the 3rd-qtr, Fannie Mae is seeking an additional $15 billion in government aid - Full story.

Major foreign markets have posted mostly higher results for Friday. London's FTSE was up 0.33%, Frankfurt's DAX closed up 0.13%, and Paris' CAC finished down 0.04%. Japan's Nikkei was up 0.74%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng closed up 1.63%, and Sydney's All Ordinaries Index finished up 1.89%.

Economic Calendar:

Mon: No Reports Today;
Tues: No Reports Today;
Wed: No Reports Today;
Thurs: Initial Jobless Claims and Treasury Budget;
Fri: Export/Import Prices, Trade Balance, and Michigan Sentiment (Prel).

Aaron Jacobs - News Editor
Macro*World Research
aaron.jacobs@mworld.com

Market Overview (11/06/2009 04:05 PM ET)

	+17.5		+2.7		+8.1		+1.4		+7.1
	Dow 10023		S&P 500 1069		NYSE 6958		AMEX 1789		NASDAQ 2112

Trading Volume(mil):		NYSE: 1,080		NASDAQ: 1,855

Key Indicators

+0.010		+8.20
U.S. 3mo T-Bills 0.045%	Crude Oil 77.65	Gold 1097.50	LIBOR 0.24%	$/Euro 1.485
	-1.97		no change	-0.002
Fri	Fri	Fri	Fri	Fri

World Markets

Amsterdam EOE	307.1	-0.7	Fri 12:08
Brazil Bovespa	64,466.1	-349.6	Fri 15:17
Frankfurt DAX	5,488.3	+7.3	Fri 11:45
FTSE™ 100	5,142.7	+17.1	Fri 11:35
Hang Seng	21,829.7	+350.6	Fri 03:01
Madrid General	1,209.5	+3.3	Fri 11:37
Mexican IPC	29,868.6	+133.3	Fri 16:06
Milan Stock Exchange	22,549.6	-32.6	Fri 11:30
Nikkei Dow	9,789.4	+71.9	Fri 02:00
Paris CAC 40	3,707.3	-1.4	Fri 12:10
Seoul Composite	1,572.5	+20.2	Fri 04:03
Shanghai Composite	3,164.0	+9.0	Fri 02:00
Stockholm General	293.0	-0.9	Fri 12:38
Straits Times	2,658.2	+28.9	Fri 04:10
Swiss Zurich	6,293.6	+8.4	Fri 11:31
Sydney All Ord	4,604.4	+85.2	Fri 00:47
Toronto Exchg	11,250.4	+69.7	Fri 17:05

U.S. Treasury Rates

U.S. - 5yr T-Notes	2.30%	-0.04	Fri 14:59
U.S. - 10yr T-Notes	3.50%	-0.03	Fri 14:59
U.S. - 30yr T-Notes	4.39%	-0.02	Fri 14:59

Securities In Bulletin

Activision Blizzard Inc.	11.25	+0.38	Fri close
American International Group	35.48	-3.80	Fri close
CBS Corporation Class A	12.78	+0.02	Fri close
Fannie Mae	1.04	-0.08	Fri close
NVIDIA Corp.	13.16	+0.89	Fri close
Starbucks Corp.	21.12	+1.42	Fri close