Finance: STOCKS RISE: Here's what you need to know

Stocks got a boost from a better-than-expected jobs report Friday morning.

Stocks finished up on Friday after the Federal Government narrowly avoided a complete shutdown with a two-week stopgap measure signed by President Donald Trump this morning.

Here’s the scoreboard:

• S&P 500: 2,650.05 (0.50%)
• Dow: 24,319.10 ( 0.44%)
• Nasdaq: 6,837.262( 0.37%)
• Oil: $57.33 ( 1.18%)
• 10-year treasury: 2.36% (-0.02)

1. The US economy added 228,000 nonfarm jobs in November, more than economists expected. The unemployment rate held at a 17-year-low of 4.1%.
2. CNBC asked National Economic Council director Gary Cohn for his opinion on bitcoin’s astronomical rise. His response? ¯\_(?)_/¯
3. Bank of America says the dollar is set for a big rebound after a difficult year.
4. Brokerage giant TD Ameritrade is gearing up for bitcoin futures. Goldman Sachs plans to clear the product for some of its clients.

In other news…

• The next stock market crash will look a lot different from the financial crisis.
• Coinbase, an app for buying and selling bitcoin has rocketed to the top of iPhone App Store charts, but the company warned its platform could crash again in the future.
• It’s about to get a lot more expensive to bet on bitcoin.
• Nvidia stock had a great day after announcing the ‘most powerful GPU for the PC.’

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