BoE stimulus lifts stocks as U.S. jobs data looms

Other share markets also rose and, before the 1230 GMT non-farm payrolls numbers that a Reuters poll predicted would show the world's biggest economy added 180,000 jobs last month, U.S. futures pointed to a slightly firmer opening on Wall Street. Coming a week after surprisingly tepid U.S. second-quarter growth numbers, the data will be scrutinised by markets trying to gauge the likely timing of the next U.S. rate rise. Global stocks stayed firmly on the front foot after the BOE re-joined the st