investingLive Americas market news wrap: Non-farm payrolls beat estimates

US October non-farm payrolls +165K vs +65K expectedCanada Employment change for October -4.7K vs 13.6K estimate.

Unemployment rate 6.7%.Iran responds positively to latest mediator proposal - reportNovember US UMich prelim consumer sentiment 51.0 vs 48.0 expectedIran reviewing proposals to curb nuclear program - reportBOJ's Ueda: Consumer prices now around 3% and expected to rise further into early next yearMicrosoft is reportedly winding down it's Oracle deal to wind down AI cloud capacityFed's Daly: Jobs report is good newsTrump chief of staff Susie Wiles to be replaced by Stephen MillerTrump: We are talking to Iran, we are doing very well with IranMarkets:Gold down $22 to $4065US 10-year yields down 2.4 bps to 4.86%WTI crude oil flat at $90.50S&P 500 up 0.3%USD leads, AUD lagsThere was some good news after the close with OpenAI closing a funding round of $11 billion at a valuation of $1.25 trillion.

The FT also reported that Anthropic continues to plan its IPO for this month and will raise $80-100 billion at a $1.25-1.75 trillion valuation.

That should help things out next week, provided no other surprises.As for trading on Friday, non-farm payrolls helped to lift the dollar as it was a strong report across the board.

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