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U.S. Stock Futures Rally On U.S. Job Growth, Stress-Test Results
Today 8:52 AM ET (Dow Jones)Print
--Stock futures rise on February job growth, stress-test results
--Europe broadly higher; jump in Chinese exports suggests global demand is strengthening
--Japanese stocks surge on back of weak yen, encouraging economic-growth data
By Matt Jarzemsky and Tomi Kilgore
NEW YORK--Stock futures shot up after February job numbers handily topped expectations, putting the Dow industrials on pace to reach another fresh high.
Less than an hour ahead of the open, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures advanced 69 points, or 0.5%, to 14325. On Thursday, the Dow climbed 33 points for its fifth-straight daily gain and third-consecutive record high close.
Standard & Poor's 500-stock index futures tacked on six points, or 0.4%, to 1544. Nasdaq 100 futures added nine points, or 0.3%, to 2804.
Changes in stock futures don't always accurately predict stock moves after the opening bell.
Futures extended gains after the Labor Department reported U.S. employers added 236,000 jobs last month, well above the 160,000 median forecast of economists in a Dow Jones Newswires poll.
The unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a percentage point to 7.7%, the lowest level since the end of 2008. The reading beat economists' median predictions for a 7.8% rate.
At 10 a.m., February wholesale inventories are seen increasing 0.3%.
The financial sector got a lift after Federal Reserve, following Thursday's close, said 17 of the 18 largest banks could weather a sharp downturn in the economy with adequate capital. The only bank to fail was government-owned auto lender Ally Financial.
Good News for Main Street => Bad News for Wall Street 