US unemployment rate holds steady at 6.3%

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The US non-farm unemployment rate remained at 3.6% in May, amid the addition of 75k jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The market had been expecting the jobless rate to remain at 3.6%, though with addition of 177k jobs.

Average hourly earnings increased by 6 cents, or 0.2% to $27.83, below expectations of a 0.3% improvement.