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U.S. stocks tick up on strong jobs report

Xinhua, February 4, 2017 Adjust font size:

U.S. stocks rose Friday, with the Nasdaq Composite Index setting a new closing record, as Wall Street cheered over the country's better-than-expected jobs report.

The Dow jumped 0.94 percent, and the S&P 500 added 0.73 percent, while the Nasdaq increased 0.54 percent. Enditem