LONDON (AP) — Global stock markets rose Friday after the official U.S. jobs report showed a healthy pace of hiring in the world’s largest economy.

The Labor Department said 217,000 jobs were added in May, around market expectations. The unemployment rate remained at 6.3 percent, better than forecasts for it to edge up.

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