MW: Stock futures hold healthy rise after jobs report
By Kate Gibson
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock-index futures maintained Friday's advance after the government reported the U.S. economy created a less-than-expected 157,000 jobs in January but added more the prior two months than initially thought. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJH3 +0.62% rose 71 points, or 0.5%, to 13,868. Futures for the S&P 500 index SPH3 +0.58% gained 6.3 points, or 0.4%, to 1,499.60. Those for the Nasdaq 100 NDH3 +0.65% added 14.5 points, or 0.5%, to 2,739.50.
