7 Monster Stocks To Watch For The May 3 Trading Session

 | May 03, 2019 07:22AM ET

h3 U.S. Market
  • S&P 500 futures +7.75
  • 10-Year Treasury 2.56%
  • VIX 13.98
  • Dollar Index 97.97
  • Oil $61.85
h2 International Market/h2
  • China Shanghai +0.52%
  • Hong Kong HSI +0.46
  • South Korea KOSPI -0.74%
  • Japan Nikkei -0.22%
  • Germany DAX +0.28%
  • UK FTSE +0.74%
h2 Top Events:/h2
  • U.S. Job Report – Consensus +180K
  • Unemployment Rate – Estimates 3.8%
  • Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKa) has been buying Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN)
h2 S&P 500/h2

The S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) is pointing to a higher opening with the futures rising ahead of the jobs report. Not that the job report is irrelevant, but it would seem that the Fed made it rather clear on Wednesday, that their main focus is inflation. So unless this is a scorching number, meaning well ahead of expectations, or an icy number, meaning way below estimates, the result likely doesn't matter.

The S&P 500 managed to bounce off of psychological support yesterday around 2,900. With the S&P 500 futures pushing the index above 2,915 in the pre-market, it makes the next level of resistance at 2,940.