Dow JonesDow Jones Today Drops 100 Points as April Jobs Report Fall Short of Expectations May 4, 2018 by Garrett Baldwin The Dow Jones today fell over 100 points in pre-market trading as investors digested this morning's release of the April jobs report. The U.S. added 164,000 new positions in April, falling short of the 190,000 new jobs expected by economists. Despite this miss, unemployment fell to 3.9% - the lowest level since 2000.