Forexpros – U.S. stocks were up after the closing bell on Wednesday.
At the close of U.S. trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 4.24%, the S&P 500 index gained 4.33%, while the Nasdaq 100 index climbed 3.79%.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that non-farm employment change in the U.S. rose more-than-expected to a seasonally adjusted 206K last month, from 130K in the preceding month whose figure was revised up from 110K.
Analysts had expected U.S. non-farm employment change to rise 130K last month.
Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, European stock markets closed higher. France’s CAC 40 was up 4.22%; Germany’s DAX gained 4.98%; Britain’s FTSE 100 climbed 3.16%; and the EURO STOXX 50 rose 4.31%.
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