The markets started the first day of the month in positive territory after the Jobs report was released this morning. The news sent the Dow 30 higher by 38, the S&P 500 up 4, and the Nasdaq 100 up 6. Next week the markets are closed Monday for the Labor Day holiday. News later in the week includes Manufacturing numbers and an ECB press conference on Thursday.

Lululemon (LULU  ) shares popped 7.18% today on earnings that were better than expected. The retailer also showed a 7% pop in same store sales which is a metric that Wall Street focuses on for retail companies. Earnings were $0.39 with revenue of $567.8 million which made the bulls happy. Shares have recovered all of their decline from Marches earnings disappointment, but are still lower by 5% on the year.

Ford Motor Co. (F  ) shares gained 2.90% on the day despite a drop in overall sales. The bullish move comes as Ford sales came in lower by 2.1% cause analysts were looking for a decline of 2.4%. The company also sold over 77,000 F-Series pickup trucks for the month which helped offset a slump in SUV sales. Shares of the auto maker are up over 8% in the last 15 days, but are still lower 6.5% on the year.

General Motors (NYSE: GM) also participated in the car maker rally today (+2.24%) as it was reported that sales jumped 7.5% for August. This was way better than the 2% gain Wall Street was hoping for. The Chevrolet brand had its best month since 2004 which helped fuel the bullish move today. Shares have added almost 7% just in the last 4 days.