* US job growth smashes expectations
* Stocks jump, bond yields rise
* Global worries still weigh
By Jamie McGeever
LONDON, July 8 (Reuters) - Stocks jumped on Friday and U.S.
Treasury yields edged up from this week's record low after data
showed that U.S. job growth accelerated rapidly in June,
surpassing even the most optimistic of forecasts.
The U.S. economy added 287,000 jobs last month, according to
the Labor Department, smashing the consensus forecast of
175,000, and wiping off the table any lingering expectations
that the Federal Reserve might cut interest rates in the coming
months.
European stocks extended gains to trade up 1.3 percent, and
U.S. stock futures climbed to point to a rise of 0.8 percent at
the open on Wall Street.
Still, the upbeat report failed to significantly alter the
longer term outlook for U.S. interest rates, which are expected
to be kept on hold for at least a year, according to Fed funds
futures prices.
"Although the Fed will take encouragement from this, they
simply aren't in a position to consider a rate hike at the
moment," said Dennis de Jong, managing director of UFX.com.
"There is still huge uncertainty around the world, but the
U.S. economy has at least taken a step in the right direction
here," he said.
Europe's FTSEuroFirst 300 index of leading shares was up 1.3
percent at 1,293 points .FTEU3 . Earlier, Asian shares ex-Japan
lost 0.2 percent .MIAPJ0000PUS and Japan's Nikkei .N225 fell
1.1 percent.
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose 5 basis points to 1.42
percent US10YT=RR , moving further away from Tuesday's record
low 1.321 percent.
However, worries over the world economy following Britain's
vote to leave the European Union and a deepening crisis in
Italian banks continue to cloud investor sentiment globally.
The first measure of UK consumer confidence since the Brexit
referendum two weeks ago showed the joint-steepest decline in
morale since 1994, according to research company GfK on Friday.
News that snipers killed five police officers during rallies
in the U.S. city of Dallas to protest against the fatal shooting
of two black men this week had also helped to keep markets in
narrow ranges ahead of the non-farm payrolls report.
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