Asian stocks rise on strong US jobs report
Source: AP-EXCITE
By YURI KAGEYAMA
TOKYO (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly higher Friday after the U.S. reported strong hiring for June. European markets faded after being boosted by the jobs data the day before.
U.S. markets are closed for the Fourth of July holiday, leading to relatively muted trading elsewhere.
Early in Europe, Britain's FTSE 100 inched down 0.1 percent to 6,860.96 and France's CAC-40 dropped 0.1 percent to 4,486.24. Germany's DAX was down less than 0.1 percent at 10,025.14.
Asian stock markets mostly rose after the strong U.S. jobs report for June boosted a major Wall Street index to a record high.
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A man walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Friday, July 4, 2014. Asian stock markets mostly rose Friday after the U.S. reported strong hiring for June. The Nikkei 225 average, the benchmark for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, gained 0.6 percent to 15,443.65. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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