Wall Street on Friday erased all the gains made in the fledgling year, after a hotter-than-expected jobs report led to analysts and traders significantly dialing back their odds of further Federal Reserve rate cuts.

The U.S. job market again defied an anticipated slowdown, with firms adding more than a quarter of a million jobs in the last full month of Joe Biden's presidency and leaving Federal Reserve policymakers to puzzle over the need for more interest rate cuts in a strong economy.

The latest snapshot of the US labor market affirmed what Federal Reserve officials have made clear in recent days: Interest-rate cuts are on hold for the foreseeable future.