S&P
500 Index futures and European stocks gained after U.S. employers
increased payrolls in March. Commodities rose and Treasuries advanced.S&P 500 futures added 0.4 percent at 9 a.m. in New York. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index rose 0.4 percent, advancing for a ninth day. The yield on 10-year Treasuries dropped four basis points to 2.76 percent. Yields on Spanish, Italian and Irish securities declined to all-time lows and the average yield on junk-rated corporate bonds dropped to a record. Copper jumped 0.6 percent and West Texas Intermediate oil climbed 0.8 percent.
Employers hired more workers last month and the unemployment rate held at 6.7 percent, Labor Department figures showed today. Europe™s central bank signaled yesterday it may use quantitative easing to ward off deflation. The value of global stocks rose to a record $63.2 trillion this week as a private report showed U.S. companies added jobs while Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said accommodative policies will be needed for œsome time.
The S&P 500 slipped 0.1 percent from a record yesterday. It™s gained 1.7 percent this week, the most in almost two months.
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