There were roughly no job gains at all, +/- about 40,000. Meanwhile wages continued to grow at a relatively fast pace, in accord with the official data from earlier this year.

On a year-to-date basis, Rocket Lab has seen its shares more than double in value. Further, in the trailing six months, RKLB stock gained nearly 133%.

While the precious metals are moving horizontally, miners decline. The latter are underperforming.