U.S. Stock Futures, Treasury Yields, Dollar Rise on Jobs Data
(Bloomberg) — U.S. stock-index futures, yields on 10-year Treasuries and the dollar advanced after employers added the most jobs in three years, boosting optimism that the economic recovery is accelerating.
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index futures expiring in June rose 0.3 percent to 1,177.30 when trading stopped at 9:14 a.m. in New York. U.S. stock exchanges are closed today for the Good Friday holiday. Treasuries fell, driving the yield on 10-year notes up 0.07 percentage point to a 10-month high of 3.94 percent. The U.S. dollar reached 94.70 yen, the strongest in seven months.
