U.S. stocks on Friday were mixed after the government published its monthly jobs report that missed Wall Street expectations, but did report that the unemployment rate declined to a six-year low. In U.S. economic news, the Labor Department reported that payrolls increased by 214,000, but were less than the expected 231,000, while the unemployment rate fell from 5.9 percent to 5.8 percent. Monthly job growth rose at 3.5 percent in the third quarter as it has exceeded 200,000 jobs for the past nine months. The U.S. dollar fell against major world currencies. Light sweet crude oil for December delivery rose 74 cents to $78.65 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while gold rose $27.20 to $1,169.80 an ounce. In corporate news, First Solar shares fell after the solar-panel maker said it would not create a publicly traded yield company for its power plants. Monster Beverage shares rose after the energy drink maker reported quarterly profits that beat estimates. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 19.46, or 0.11 percent, to 17,573.93. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 0.71, or 0.03 percent, to 2,031.92. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index fell 5.94, or 0.13 percent, to 4,632.53.
