All three of the major averages (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) open Friday's session higher after the October jobs report saw only 12,000 jobs added to the US economy in the past month. Recent Hurricanes Milton and Helene and ongoing labor strikes have been attributed to these distortions in data.

Morning Brief host Seana Smith monitors this morning's movements across market indexes, Treasury yields in the bond market (^TYX, ^TNX, ^FVX), and the energy sector.

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This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.