Before the bell: S&P futures +0.5%, Nasdaq futures +0.5%

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7 March 2012

Before the bell: S&P futures +0.5%, Nasdaq futures +0.5%

U.S. stock-index futures maintained gains after a private report showed companies added 216,000 jobs last month, bolstering optimism in the labor market. The growth in jobs reported by ADP Employer Services compared with the median forecast of economists for an increase of 200,000 jobs.

Global stocks:

Nikkei 9,576.06 -61.57 -0.64%

Hang Seng 20,627.78 -178.47 -0.86%

Shanghai Composite 2,394.79 -15.65 -0.65% 94.7

FTSE 5,792.37 +26.57 +0.46%

CAC 3,389.06 +26.50 +0.79%

DAX 6,662.41 +29.30 +0.44%

Crude oil $105.11 (+0,4%).

Gold $1679.50 (+0,4%).

US Stocks: Dow 12,771.60 +12.45 +0.10%, Nasdaq 2,924.77 +14.45 +0.50%, S&P 1,346.80 +3.44 +0.26%

Kraft Foods (KFT) was downgraded to a Hold from Buy at Jefferies.

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