Stocks sank on Friday, with the broader market posting its biggest weekly decline this year after a disappointing report on jobs in the United States.

The jobs report, a closely scrutinized monthly gauge from the Labor Department on how the economy is faring, carried the mood over from Asia and Europe, where shares were down after a survey showed that euro zone economies contracted at an accelerating rate last month.

The monthly Labor Department report showed that the nation’s employers added 115,000 jobs in April, fewer than economists had predicted. The unemployment rate ticked down to 8.1 percent in April from 8.2 percent in March, but that was because workers dropped out of the labor force. The share of working-age Americans who are in the labor force, either working or actively looking for a job, is now at its lowest level since 1981.

The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index was down 22.47 points, or 1.61 percent, at 1,369.10. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 168.32 points, or 1.27 percent, to 13,038.27. The Nasdaq composite index was down 67.96 points, or 2.25 percent, at 2,956.34.