U.S. Stock Futures, Dollar Fall While Treasuries Rise on Jobs
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U.S. stock futures fell, signaling more Standard & Poor’s 500 Index losses following the biggest weekly retreat of the year, as the dollar declined while Treasuries and gold rose after American employers added fewer jobs than forecast in March.
S&P 500 futures slumped 1.1 percent to 1,374.90 following the benchmark index’s 0.7 percent weekly loss. All stock exchanges in the U.S., western Europe, Canada and Brazil were closed for Good Friday. Russia’s Micex Index retreated 1.7 percent. The dollar lost as much as 1.3 percent to 81.31 yen, the lowest in a month. Yields on 10-year Treasuries fell 13 basis points to 2.05 percent. Gold for immediate delivery rose 0.6 percent to $1,640.35 an ounce.