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U.S. Stock-Index Futures Gain as Jobs Growth Exceeds Forecast

By Chris Nagi

April 6 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures rose after employers added 180,000 jobs last month and the jobless rate unexpectedly fell, bolstering speculation that consumer spending will keep the economy growing.

The increase in March payrolls followed a 113,000 gain in February. Economists predicted 130,000 jobs would be added last month, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey. The jobless rate fell to 4.4 percent, matching a five-year low.

``It's a pretty firm number,'' said Daniel Manion, who oversees $1.2 billion as portfolio manager at Sentinel Asset Management in Montpelier, Vermont. The report comes at ``a very important time for the equity markets as companies get ready to report first-quarter earnings.''

Standard & Poor's 500 Index futures expiring in June gained 5.3 to 1458 as of 9:15 a.m. in New York, when trading ended on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's electronic Globex platform. Nasdaq-100 Index futures climbed 10.5 to 1838.75.

Stock exchanges in the U.S. are closed for Good Friday. On Globex, 2,268 contracts on the S&P 500 changed hands, compared with an average of 27,200 over the previous four sessions.

Bonds tumbled and the dollar jumped following the employment report, which also showed that average hourly earnings rose 0.3 percent, matching estimates. Revisions for the previous two months showed employers added 32,000 more jobs than the Labor Department had earlier estimated.

Yields Rise

The yield on the benchmark 10-year note rose 5 basis points, or 0.05 percentage point, to 4.73 percent at 8:47 a.m. in New York, according to bond broker Cantor Fitzgerald LP. The dollar rose 0.37 percent to $1.3379 per euro.

Alcoa Inc., the first member of the Dow average to report quarterly results, kicks off the so-called earnings season on April 10. Analysts expect S&P 500 members to post average growth of 3.5 percent in the January through March quarter and 6.8 percent for the full year, according to a Bloomberg survey.

The report takes some of the pressure off Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke to cut interest rates as new jobs and higher wages put money in the wallets of more Americans.

``We have to look at more data, but it definitely allays some of the short-term concern we've seen in the bond market that the U.S. economy is headed for a harder landing than anticipated,'' said George Hoguet, global investment strategist for State Street Global Advisors in Boston.

U.S. stocks yesterday completed a weeklong rally to post their best start to a second quarter since 2004, helped by Kirk Kerkorian's $4.5 billion offer for Chrysler Corp. and upgraded profit estimates for technology companies.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 30.15, or 0.2 percent, to 12,560.20, ending 1.8 percent shy of its record high reached a week before its worst rout in four years on Feb. 27. The S&P 500 gained 4.39, or 0.3 percent, to 1443.76 and the Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 12.65, or 0.5 percent, to 2471.34.

For the week, the Dow average added 1.7 percent, the S&P 500 rose 1.6 percent and the Nasdaq Composite Index increased 2.1 percent.

To contact the reporter on this story: Chris Nagi in New York at chrisnagi@bloomberg.net .

Last Updated: April 6, 2007 10:31 EDT

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Jobless Rate Drops: 180,000 Jobs Added
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Employers ramped up hiring in March, driving the unemployment rate down to 4.4 percent, matching a five-year low. It was a surprisingly strong performance in an economy that has otherwise shown signs of sluggishness recently.