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Traders work on the floor at the opening bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on March 18, 2020 in New York.
  • US stocks surged on Tuesday after new jobs data took some pressure off of interest rates.
  • The Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey showed 8.827 million job openings in July, the third month of declines.
  • Fewer job openings is a signal the Fed is looking for in its bid to cool the economy and tame inflation.

US stocks surged on Tuesday with the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 logging their best performing day of what has been a weak August.