5 things to know before the stock market opens on Friday - MSN Money

stock futures regained lost ground Friday morning after the government reported that the number of payrolls had risen by a better-than-expected 1.763 million in July. Economists polled by Dow Jones had projected 1.264 million new jobs.

In the other order, Trump said WeChat "automatically captures vast swaths of information from its users.

Uber Technologies dropped more than 2% in the premarket after the ride-hailing giant posted a bigger loss for the previous quarter than analysts expected.

Analysts polled by Refinitiv expected a loss of 86 cents per share.

China reported a 7.2% increase in exports thanks in large part to strong demand for medical supplies due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Economists polled by Reuters expected exports to fall by 0.2%?

However, Martin Rasmussen of Capital Economics said the upside to Chinese exports growth may be bounded by limited demand for pandemic-related products.