05-06-2015 15:16 via news.yahoo.com

Dollar gains, U.S. stock futures drop after U.S. jobs data

The dollar strengthened against the euro, U.S. and euro zone government bond yields rose and U.S. stock index futures fell on Friday after above-forecast U.S. jobs data that bolstered the prospect of a Federal Reserve interest rate in September. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast payrolls would increase by 225,000 in May and the unemployment rate would stay at 5.4 percent. U.S. stocks index futures initially fell before paring losses but remained in negative territory, suggesting Wall Str
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