NEW YORK: Stocks ended higher on Friday, driving the major market indexes to their biggest weekly percentage gains since October 2003, after a key report showed US employment grew at its fastest pace in almost four years last month.
The unexpected jump in March US non-farm payrolls – almost triple the number that Wall Street expected – reassured investors that the long-suffering job market has emerged from a slump and the economic rebound is firmly on track.
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