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Stocks were down on Wednesday but volume was light and there were buyers picking up the sharper dips along the way. The Dow lost 54-points and some of the indices made attempt to close the recently open gaps.
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Stocks rallied sharply after the jobs report was announced yesterday. The Dow closed up 75-points but the initial reaction to the jobs report was a triple digit gain shortly after the open.
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September Jobs Report:

148,000 jobs created and unemployment rate 7.2%.

Estimates were looking for about +184,000 and 7.3%

More: http://www.cnbc.com/id/101131915

The Dow lost 7-points yesterday in one of the more duller trading days we've had this month. Perhaps no one wanted to do much in front of today's jobs report, which is over two-weeks later than usual because of the partial government shutdown.

The TSP stock funds were mixed but mostly flat line.

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Down 50-points out of the gate on Friday, the Dow rallied into positive territory by the close, and the broader indices performed even better with the small caps gaining nearly 1% on the day.
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