The Dow was up 0.5%, while the S&P 500 rose 0.6% and the Nasdaq Composite rallied 0.9%. Still, all three major U.S. stock indexes remained down modestly for the week, with the S&P 500 on track for a slight 0.1% weekly decline, FactSet data show, at last check.

Odds of a 50 basis point cut dropped to 0% from 53% last week after the strong September jobs report, according to the CME FedWatch Tool.

Friday’s report capped a week of mostly encouraging data on the job market, including an update indicating layoffs remain relatively low. Such strength helps allay one of Wall Street’s top questions: whether the job market will continue to hold up after the Federal Reserve earlier kept interest rates at a two-decade high.

Breakeven rates are a measure of what market participants expect average inflation to be over the next 5 or 10 years. As of Wednesday, the most recent day in which data is available from the St. Louis Fed, 5- and 10-year breakeven rates were respectively at 2.1% and 2.21%.

"On the face of this the Fed should be hiking rates with these sorts of figures, not cutting rates," Economist James Knightley said.

Key Takeaways U.S. employers added 254,000 jobs in September, blowing past expectations for 150,000 jobs to be added.It was the most jobs added in six months, underscoring the resilience of the job market despite a recent downshift.