US Stocks Edge Higher as Investors Await Jobs Data; Airbnb Surges on Upbeat Outlook
US stocks posted modest gains ahead of the employment report, while Airbnb rallied after raising its full-year revenue-growth outlook. Crude trading was mixed to firmer during the session.
MSA market desk
Desk brief
US equity markets moved modestly higher on Thursday, August 6, as investors positioned ahead of the July employment report for signals on the Federal Reserve’s next policy steps. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 were both supported by expectations that labor-market data could influence the path of interest rates.
Airbnb was a notable premarket outperformer after the company reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results and raised its 2026 revenue-growth outlook to the low-to-mid teens. Resilient travel demand, particularly across North America and Latin America, helped reinforce the company’s growth narrative.
Oil-market moves were more mixed than the initial account suggests, with crude prices rising during Thursday’s session amid geopolitical and supply concerns. That divergence limits the case for a broad disinflationary boost from energy prices, leaving the jobs report as the principal near-term catalyst for rates and risk assets.
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Angola sovereign curve
Latest server-calculated mid yield by maturity. Points are observed Price Discovery levels, not an interpolated valuation curve.
- Angola 28May 2028103.2746.079%
- Angola 29Nov 2029101.1517.578%
- Angola 31Jan 2031103.7338.189%
- Angola 32Apr 2032100.6308.603%
- Angola 33Mar 2033102.2778.906%
- Angola 35Oct 2035103.6519.269%
- Angola 37Mar 2037102.7599.455%
- Angola 48May 204894.7339.973%
- Angola 49Nov 204991.85110.034%
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