Jan 9 (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures extended gains on Friday, as investors digested December payrolls data that showed a cooling in jobs growth and unemployment rate ticking lower.
A Labor Department report showed nonfarm payrolls increased 50,000 in December, compared with an estimate of a 60,000 rise, according to economists polled by Reuters.
The unemployment rate stood at 4.4%, slightly below analyst expectations.
At 08:31 a.m. ET, Dow E-minis were up 90 points, or 0.18%, S&P 500 E-minis were up 14.5 points, or 0.21%, and Nasdaq 100 E-minis were up 60.5 points, or 0.24%.
(Reporting by Nikhil Sharma; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)
