Wall Street set for higher open after payrolls report

U.S. stocks were set to advance at the open on Friday, putting the S&P 500 on track to extend its best weekly gain in seven, after a stronger-than-expected monthly payrolls report. Nonfarm payrolls increased 257,000 last month, topping expectations for 234,000 jobs, and data for November and December was revised to show a whopping 147,000 more jobs created than previously reported. The unemployment rate ticked up to 5.7 percent as a result of an increased labor force. "It was decent, th