The U.S. Labor Department releases reports on nonfarm payrolls and unemployment rate for September at 7:30 a.m. CDT. Traders will continue to check the latest weather forecasts and watch for any news of an export sale. After a one-week holiday, China's markets resume trading Friday.
Weather
An upper-level low will continue to produce scattered showers across the Midwest down through the Southeast on Friday. Meanwhile, the first of a few storm systems will move into the Northern Plains late on Friday with increasing showers later in the day.