Stock futures are higher ahead of the jobs report
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REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
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Near 8:10 am ET, the Dow was up 38 points, while the S&P 500 gained 2.5 points. Stocks closed higher on Thursday, ending a two-day streak of losses.
US treasuries were little changed, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year note at 2.11%.
Bonds rallied and yields fell on Thursday as the European Central Bank announced details of its quantitative easing program.
The dollar was higher by as much as 0.3%.
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Wall Street is expecting the Bureau of Labor Statistics to report that non-farm payrolls grew by 235,000, and the unemployment rate ticked down to 5.6% from 5.7% in January.
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