Global stocks soar on dovish Fed, strong US jobs data

Global stocks shot higher on Friday following a strong US jobs report and dovish comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on the prospects for higher interest rates."A solid set of job numbers and some comfortable words from the chairman of the Federal Reserve have been just the ticket to get markets into bullish mode," said Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at online trading platform IG.Earlier, Japan's Nikkei had slumped 2.3 percent, due in part due to a strengthening yen, which a