Market Preview: Labor Day, Jobs Data, and Key Earnings

This week, markets will be closed on Monday for Labor Day. Investors will focus on Friday's August jobs report, with earlier insights from job openings and private-sector hiring data. Key earnings to watch include $Broadcom (AVGO.US)$ , $Zscaler (ZS.US)$ , and $Dollar Tree (DLTR.US)$ , along with reports from $Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE.US)$ and $Big Lots (BIG.US)$ .

Markets closed for the Labor Day holiday

S&P manufacturing PMI (August)
ISM manufacturing (August)
Construction spending (July)
Zscaler and GitLab (GTLB) report earnings

Trade deficit (July)
Job openings (July)
Factory orders (July)
Federal Reserve Beige Book
Copart ( $Copart (CPRT.US)$ ), Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Dollar Tree, Dick’s Sporting Goods, and Hormel Foods ( $Hormel Foods (HRL.US)$ ) report earnings

Initial jobless claims (Aug 31)
ADP employment (July)
U.S. productivity and costs (Second-quarter revisions)
S&P services PMI (August)
ISM services (August)
Broadcom, Samsara, Guidewire Software ( $Guidewire Software (GWRE.US)$ ), and DocuSign ( $DocuSign (DOCU.US)$ ) report earnings

U.S. employment report (August)
Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Employment Situation Summary - 2024 M05 Results.”

Final day before Federal Reserve officials' public-speaking blackout period
BRP ( $BRP (DOOO.US)$ ) and Big Lots report earnings