Tepid payrolls sink dollar, boost Wall Street futures

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs figures knocked the dollar off a three-week high on Thursday and gave a lift to Wall Street stock futures as the chances of a U.S. rate hike as soon as September took a hit. With trades on a September Fed hike coming off in favor of a December move, the dollar sagged against the world's major currencies to leave it at a session low against the euro , the yen and the Swiss franc Gold fell too, hitting a 3-1/2 month low of $1,157