With weak earnings in tow, focus turns to jobs data

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York April 12, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonMoreBy Laila Kearney
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Coming off a barrage of flimsy company earnings reports that included Apple’s first revenue drop in 13 years, investors will turn to April jobs data for signs of budding resilience or further weakening in the second quarter.
U.S. nonfarm payrolls, unemployment and wages data are due Friday May 6, when the ec