GLOBAL MARKETS-US$, Treasuries edge higher on strong US. labour report


Stocks rose on Wall Street on Thursday, with the S&P 500 index hitting a fresh peak as it scaled the 4,000 mark, and the benchmark Deutsche Boerse DAX index in Germany setting a new high. Equities rose on reports of the strongest manufacturing data in decades around the world.

NEW YORK: The dollar and the yield on the benchmark Treasury note edged higher in light trading on Friday after data showing a surge in the hiring of Americans in March pointed to a U.S. economic recovery that is poised to be the strongest in decades.

Equity markets were closed for Good Friday in the Americas, Europe and elsewhere, but it is not a U.S. government holiday and the Labor Department released the closely watched non-farm payrolls report.

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