October hiring surge sends US stock prices higher

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Twitter’s chief financial officer, photographs a board at the post Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013 before shares begin trading during the IPO, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Global stocks were mostly lower Friday Nov. 8, 2013 on investor uncertainty ahead of a key U.S. jobs report and an important economic planning meeting in China. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Dick Costolo, Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, Chairman and co-founder Jack Dorsey, and co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone, front row left to right, applaud as they watch the the New York Stock Exchange opening bell rung, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013. If Twitter’s bankers and executives were hoping for a surge on the day of the stock’s public debut, they got it. The stock opened at $45.10 a share on its first day of trading, 73 percent above its initial offering price. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are moving higher on Wall Street after the government reported an unexpected surge in hiring last month.

The Dow Jones industrial average was up 80 points, or 0.5 percent, to 15,674 as of noon Eastern time Friday.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index was up 13 points, or 0.8 percent, at 1,760. The Nasdaq composite was up 45 points, or 1.2 percent, to 3,902.

Bond prices fell after the U.S. reported that employers added 204,000 jobs last month, far more than economists expected. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose sharply, to 2.74 percent from 2.60 percent late Thursday.

Investors took the hiring gain as a signal that the Federal Reserve might pull back on its big bond-buying program.

The Gap rose sharply after reporting higher sales.

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