The Labor Department's closely watched employment report showed non-farm payrolls increased by 253,000 jobs last month. Economists were expecting jobs to grow by 180,000. Average hourly earnings rose 0.5% in April, versus expectation of a 0.3% rise, while unemployment rate slipped to 3.4% from 3.5% in the previous month.
At 8:37 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were up 158 points, or 0.48%, S&P 500 e-minis were up 23 points, or 0.56%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 56.5 points, or 0.43%. (Reporting by Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman)
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