By Sara Sjolin
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets jumped on Friday after U.S. nonfarm-payrolls numbers posted a better-than-expected 171,000 rise in October, although the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9% from 7.8%. The Stoxx Europe 600 index XX:SXXP +0.17% added 0.6% to 275.19, after trading around 274.14 ahead of the data. France's CAC 40 index FR:PX1 -0.0003% rose 0.3% to 3,485.02, while Germany's DAX 30 index DX:DAX +0.14% picked up 0.5% to 7,370.51. The U.K.'s FTSE 100 index UK:UKX -0.11% was up 0.2% to 5,875.44.
