Wall Street welcomed the employment figures at the opening
Wall Street opened sharply higher Friday in reaction to the publication of monthly U.S. employment considered reassuring.
A few minutes after the start of trading, the Dow Jones gained 1.18% to 10,441.65 points, the Standard & Poor's 500 index 1.31% to 1104.36 points and the Nasdaq Composite 2234.05 1.55% points.
The Dow 30 stocks were in green.
The U.S. economy still has destroyed jobs in August for the third consecutive month, but significantly less than expected, and the private sector has created more jobs than expected.
The markets will also monitor closely the figure of the ISM index of activity in the services sector at 14:00 GMT.
Home Depot, the world of DIY and interior design, gained 2.44%, boosting its progression before, which had already ranked at the top of the largest increases in the Dow.
On the Nasdaq, as Take-Two Interactive jumped to 15.71% after the publication of quarterly results better than expected and the recovery of group forecasts.