Forexpros – European stocks were up after the closing bell on Friday.
At the close of European trade, Germany’s DAX rose 0.74%, London’s FTSE 100 gained 1.15%, France’s CAC 40 climbed 1.12% and the EURO STOXX 50 was up 1.24%.
Earlier in the day, official data showed that U.S. non-farm payrolls rose to a seasonally adjusted 120K last month, from 100K in the preceding month whose figure was revised up from 80K.
Analysts had expected U.S. non-farm payrolls to rise 120K last month.
Meanwhile, on Wall Street, equity markets were up after the open. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.38%; the S&P 500 index gained 0.56%, while the Nasdaq 100 index climbed 0.24%.
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