09-01-2015 14:48 via news.yahoo.com

Dollar, global shares improve after bullish U.S. payrolls

By Patrick Graham LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. and European stock markets trimmed losses after slightly better than expected U.S. jobs figures on Friday, but indices of world shares still looked set to end their first full week of 2015 in the red. Prices of U.S. Treasuries rose after the number, which showed employers added 252,000 jobs in December, while the dollar also improved to stand almost unchanged on the day against the euro and a basket of currencies. Bund futures hit a day's low of 156
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