The New York Stock Exchange ended sharply higher on Friday, boosted by employment figures preserving the hypothesis of a soft landing of the US economy. The Dow Jones advanced 1.65%, the Nasdaq index rose 2.25% and the S&P 500 index rose 1.85%.
After four consecutive sessions of pullbacks, the market was poised for a rebound and relied on the monthly U.S. jobs report to get started. Some 253,000 jobs were created in April in the United States, much more than the 180,000 announced by economists.