Interest rates rose as weekly jobless claims fell more than expected, while private employers added 164,000 jobs, much more than expected. Merck and Amgen outperformed in the Dow Jones. Financial stocks also did well. Apollo Management and Novo Nordisk gave buy signals, while Fifth Third Bancorp continues to show strength and support ahead of a busy week of earnings reports in the financial sector.
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