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Wall Street gains on job growth; earnings next hurdle
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks started a traditionally healthy month on strong footing on Friday after solid jobs figures, but the S&P 500 may need help to break to new multi-year highs.
Oil rises to 2-1/2 year peak on job rise, supply fear
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices jumped on Friday, as supportive U.S. jobs data reinforced economic growth expectations and Libya's conflict and Middle East unrest kept supply threats in focus, pushing both Brent and U.S. crude to their highest settlements since 2008.
Learning to live with higher rates
LONDON (Reuters) - The new quarter is bringing with it a new danger for investors -- the withdrawal of the easy money that saw them through the financial crisis.
Gold slips on U.S. jobs data, Fed eyed
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gold slipped on Friday as an encouraging U.S. jobs report boosted the dollar, though euro zone debt worries and unrest in the Middle East lifted bullion off lows.
Stocks roar as Q2 begins; euro, oil up too
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue chips surged to an early 3-year high on Friday as encouraging jobs growth kicked the second quarter off to a strong start for world stocks, even as a Fed official's cautious views on the economy hurt the dollar.
Dollar may struggle as ECB, Fed policies diverge
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The addition of more than 200,000 U.S. jobs wasn't enough to boost the dollar against the euro on Friday, and the greenback may have more losses in store as markets brace for a euro zone interest rate hike next week.
US STOCKS-Wall St gains on job growth; earnings next hurdle
* Blue-chip Dow hits highest intraday mark since June 2008 * NYSE Euronext gains on bid from Nasdaq, ICE * Weekly composite volume lowest so far this year * Dow up 0.46 pct, S&P up 0.50 pct, Nasdaq up 0.31 pct
FTSE hits 6-week closing high after US jobs data
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U.S. jobs data boosts European shares; banks up
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Nikkei falls at start of fiscal year after 2-wk high
* Nikkei hits 2-wk high, flirts with 200-day MA before backing off
Hong Kong shares up, led by energy stocks; financials buoy China
* Energy pushes HK shares up 1.2 pct on day, 2.8 pct on week
Markets
- U.S.
- Europe
- Asia
- Sectors
| DOW | 12,376.72 |  +56.99 |
+0.46% |
| S&P 500 | 1,332.41 | +6.58 |
+0.50% |
| NASDAQ | 2,789.60 | +8.53 |
+0.31% |
| TR US Index | 122.17 | +0.63 |
+0.52% |
Sector Summary
| Energy | +0.92% |
| Basic Materials | +0.67% |
| Industrials | +0.40% |
| Cyclical Goods & Services | +0.28% |
| Non-Cyclical Goods & Services | +0.76% |
| Financials | +1.22% |
| Healthcare | +0.67% |
| Technology |  -0.12% |
| Telecoms | +0.60% |
| Utilities | +0.39% |
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