Stocks look to gain on payrolls miss, oil up after cyber attack By Reuters
By Stanley White TOKYO (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Monday amid speculation that interest rates will remain low for an extended period due to the receding risk of a rapid acceleration in inflation, while oil prices jumped after a cyber attack on a U.S. pipeline operator unnerved markets. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.49% Futures for Japan's Nikkei rose 0.03%. Australian S&P/ASX 200 futures were down 0.06%. U.S. stock futures rose 0.12%. U.S. nonfarm payrolls data on Friday showed jobs growth unexpectedly slowed in April, which gave equities a lift but put...
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