NewsWare's Trade Talk: Friday, October 4

S&P Futures are displaying solid gains this morning. Markets await a key employment report this morning, the monthly non farms payrolls data. Retail stocks are gaining as port workers are returning to the job. Apollo is in talks to buy Barnes Group for $45 a share. Spirt airlines is in talks for a bankruptcy filing. The European Union is set to impose tariffs of up to 45% on electric cars made in China. In Europe, markets are mostly higher. Oil prices are higher as risk premium continue to inflate ahead of the expected Israeli strike against Iran.