Stocks rose Friday at the start of November as Amazon led big tech stocks higher and traders looked past a disappointing jobs report.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 329 points or 0.8%. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite rose by 0.7% and 0.8%, respectively.

Amazon rose more than 7% as strength in its cloud and advertising businesses pushed the e-commerce giant above Wall Street’s earnings expectations. Intel Popp rose nearly 4% after beating analysts’ sales forecasts and issuing strong guidance. The two stocks boosted sentiment after some notable earnings disappointments this week.

Meanwhile, the jobs report released Friday showed the U.S. economy added just 12,000 jobs in October, well below the Dow Jones estimate of 100,000. This was the weakest level of job creation since December 2020. The unemployment rate was in line with estimates at 4.1%. However, traders didn’t react too much to the jobs numbers, expecting the dismal data to be affected by hurricanes and a Boeing strike.

“Friday’s jobs report showed that the labor market slowed significantly in October compared to September,” said Clark Bellin, president and chief investment officer at Bellwether Wealth. “But that was a loud number, largely due to hurricanes and labor strikes. Therefore, this weakness is unlikely to cause the Federal Reserve to back down from its expected 25 basis point rate cut at the November meeting.”

In addition to the US presidential election on November 5th, which has increased volatility, investors are also looking ahead to the Fed’s two-day monetary policy meeting on November 6th and 7th.

The moves higher come after a poor session on Thursday in which the S&P 500 And Nasdaq Composite affected by subsequent drops in profits Microsoft And Metaplatforms. Both indices recorded their worst sessions since early September. Meanwhile, the Dow fell by more than 300 points.