
US Stocks Rise On Strong July Jobs Report
Umer Jamshaid Published August 05, 2016 | 10:56 PM

NEW YORK, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 4th August, 2016) - Wall Street stocks rose Friday after the Labor Department reported the US economy added a better-than-expected 255,000 jobs in July. That figure was well above analyst expectations for 185,000 jobs added.
The report also upgraded the new job figures for May and June and showed a rise in average hourly pay.
"This was good economic data, replete with strong and relatively broad-based job growth, higher wage growth, and an increase in the average workweek," said Briefing.com analyst Patrick O'Hare. Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was at 18,461.21, up 0.6 percent. The broad-based S&P 500 rose 0.5 percent to 2,174.07, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 0.6 percent to 5,194.44.
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