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Hey listeners, it's Saturday October 5th.

I'm Francesca Fontana for the Wall Street Journal, and this is

what's news in markets, our look at the biggest stock moves of the week and the

news that drove them. Let's get to it. Happy October everybody.

Not only is it now my birthday month, sorry, shameless birthday self-promotion,

we are also coming into the fourth quarter of 2024,

and markets had a lot to digest to kick it off. We had two main

threats to follow this week. One was the escalating conflict in the Middle East.

On Tuesday Iran attacked Israel, prompting vows of retaliation, and we saw the ripple effects

move across the markets. Obviously, global energy markets got a jolt with oil prices rising, and we saw nervous investors turning from stocks to

bonds and oil prices kept moving throughout the week notably after President

Biden suggested on Thursday that US officials are considering whether to support an Israeli strike

on Iranian oil facilities. But the stock market's collective focus turned back to the US economy

and the latest largely upbeat data around the labor market.

The big market mover being Friday's payrolls report, which bolstered expectations for the

Fed to cautiously proceed with future interest rate cuts. On a weekly basis, all three

major indexes ended with small gains and on Friday the Dow notched its 34th

record close of 2024. Global automakers are hitting some roadblocks.

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