S&P 500 Futures Gain After Jobs Data as Bonds Fall
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U.S. equity-index futures rose, European stocks rebounded and Treasuries declined after employment in America increased last month. The yen pared gains in its biggest weekly advance since October 2008.
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index futures rose 0.6 percent at 8:41 a.m. in New York and the Stoxx Europe 600 Index added 0.4 percent. The 10-year Treasury yield rose four basis points to 2.12 percent. Japan’s currency strengthened against all of its 16 major counterparts. The Aussie slid 1.5 percent to 94.57 U.S. cents.