* U.S. nonfarm payrolls rise by the most in 10 months. * Ulta Beauty (ULTA) jumps on quarterly profit beat. * All 11 major S&P 500 sectors trading higher. * Indexes up: Dow 1.21%, S&P 500 1.01%, Nasdaq 1.01% By Shreyashi Sanyal.
* U.S. nonfarm payrolls rise by the most in 10 months. * Ulta Beauty (ULTA) jumps on quarterly profit beat. * All 11 major S&P 500 sectors trading higher. * Indexes up: Dow 1.22%, S&P 500 1.04%, Nasdaq 0.99% By Shreyashi Sanyal.
* Strong U.S. job growth calms recession fears. * Gold falls, dollar gains on robust jobs data. * Treasury, Bund yields rise on report. * Oil rises as OPEC+ agree to production cuts. By Herbert Lash.
* U.S. nonfarm payrolls rise by the most in 10 months. * Ulta Beauty (ULTA) jumps on quarterly profit beat. * Energy stocks rise gain the most among S&P 500 sectors. * Indexes up: Dow 1.03%, S&P 500 0.88%, Nasdaq 0.94% By Shreyashi Sanyal.
Canada's main stock index rose on Friday, boosted by energy shares after OPEC and its allies agreed to supply cuts, while upbeat comments from U.S. President Donald Trump on a trade deal with China also helped sentiment.
* U.S. nonfarm payrolls increase by the most in 10 months. * Uber (UBER) slips on disclosing sexual assault reports. * Ulta Beauty (ULTA) jumps on quarterly profit beat. * Futures up: Dow 0.66%, S&P 500 0.65%, Nasdaq 0.83% By Shreyashi Sanyal.
* Latest deal in rapidly consolidating sector. * Follows aborted attempt to list ReAssure in July. * Biggest deal for Phoenix. By Michael Shields, Simon Jessop and Carolyn Cohn. Phoenix Group Holdings has agreed to buy the British ReAssure business of Swiss Re for 3.2 billion pounds in cash and shares, the UK insurer's biggest deal to date as it bulks up on policies closed to new customers.
- U.S. stocks jumped on Friday as a strong jobs report and upbeat comments from President Donald Trump on trade talks with China breathed new life into markets after a roller-coaster week. Wall Street's main indexes are inching closer to all-time highs hit last week, after being nudged off by mixed headlines on U.S.-China trade.
* Futures up: Dow 0.25%, S&P 500 0.24%, Nasdaq 0.38% By Shreyashi Sanyal. U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Friday as comments from President Donald Trump that trade talks with China were "moving right along" helped set a calmer tone ahead of the Labor Department's much anticipated monthly jobs report.
* STOXX 600 closes up 1.16%; down 0.02% over the week. * U.S. jobs figures trounce expectations. * Trump's trade comments spur risk-on mood. * Marks & Spencer (MAKSF) rises on JPM upgrade to "neutral" * London's FTSE 100 logs best day since July. By Susan Mathew and Arjun Panchadar.
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