Market News Briefing – November 7th 2016 12:30 (GMT+1)

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The futures contracts on Wall Street are signalling a rise at the start of the new trading week.
Last Friday Wall Street ended with declines, following the publication of the US employment report for October.
The report showed an increase of 161 thousand US jobs last month.
The unemployment rate stood at 4.9%.
Economists expected an increase of approximately 174 thousand of new jobs and a decline of 0.1% in the unemployment rate to 4.9%.

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