'Fast Money' Recap: A Surprising Jobs Report?

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The markets shrugged off the upcoming unemployment report as the Dow Jones Industrial Average snapped a four-day losing streak on Thursday.

The Dow rose 63.94, or 0.69%, to 9344.61, and the S&P 500 added 8.49, or 0.85% to 1003.24. The Nasdaq was up 16.13, or 0.82%, to 1983.20.

The markets were encouraged by better-than-expected retail sales, a drop in initial jobless claims and an improving outlook in the services sector. Overhanging Wall Street was Friday's unemployment report.

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3 Stocks I Saw on TV

Tim Seymour said on CNBC's "Fast Money" TV show that today's market was all about light volume and fears about being short ahead of tomorrow's big unemployment report. "They shouldn't be," he said.

Pete Najarian said a late surge by the financials carried some other sectors with it and helped pushed the markets higher by the end of the day.