By Kate Gibson
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock-index futures added to Friday gains after the government reported the economy added 114,000 jobs in September, and the unemployment rate fell to 7.8%, its lowest since January 2009. With last month's gain, and "an upward revision for August, this economy remains on a slow but not slowing growth path," Kathy Bostjancic, director of macroeconomic analysis for the Conference Board, said in an emailed statement. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJZ2 +0.39% climbed 36 points to 13,534. Futures for the S&P 500 index SPZ2 +0.47% rose 4.2 points to 1,460. Futures for the Nasdaq 100 NDZ2 +0.44% added 12 points to 2,833.5.
