The Market On Friday

Good morning and welcome to the weekend. As promised by the weather person, it is snowing here in Upstate NY. The roads are still clear but we do have a thin coat of snow on white lawns. Its sticking. This is mother nature's last seasonal effort to clear brush.

At 8:30 a.m. futures are moderately up, the dollar is up, and oil is up.

Its all about today's government data on jobs in March.

CNN: Stocks look firm ahead of jobs report

At 8:30 a.m. ET, the government will release its key monthly jobs report.


Also on tap for Friday morning, the Institute for Supply Management's March manufacturing index and the Commerce Department's February construction spending report will be released at 10 a.m.


Oil for May delivery rose 38 cents to $107.10 a barrel.