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 The U.S. economy added 266,000 new jobs in November, up from a revised level of 156,000 new jobs in October, and well above economists' expectations of 180,000, according to a MarketWatch poll. The unemployment rate fell to 3.5%, below expectations for a 3.6% reading. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 153 points, or 0.6% to trade around 27,735 while S&P 500 futures added 15.8 points, or 0.5% at 3,133. Nasdaq-100 futures advanced 51 points, or 0.6% to 8,358. Stock-index futures had been trading higher as U.S.-China trade negotiations remained in focus, with optimism that a deal can be reached boosted by news reports that China's State Council on Friday began the process of exempting some punitive tariffs from U.S. agricultural goods.
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