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number of U.S. jobs is expected to have risen by 223,00 in July,
on par with June, providing further sign of an improving economy
that could allow the Fed to raise interest rates in September.
The data is expected at 8:30 a.m. ET.
The Fed has said it will raise rates only when it sees a
sustained recovery in the economy.
Wall Street ended sharply lower on Thursday as weak earnings
reports from media companies stirred fears that more viewers are
ditching cable TV, dragging the sector to its worst two-day loss
since the financial crisis.
Earnings announcements scheduled for Friday include those from
Berkshire Hathaway, Cablevision Systems and Groupon.
With about three-quarters of the S&P 500 companies having
reported, second-quarter earnings are estimated to have
increased 1.6 percent while revenues are projected to have
fallen 3.4 percent, according to Thomson Reuters data.
Nvidia's shares were up 10.1 percent at $22.52 in premarket
trading, a day after the chipmaker reported a surprise rise in
second-quarter revenue.
JD.com was up 1.2 percent at $33.20 after China's second largest
e-commerce site by sales, reported a 61 percent year-on-year
rise in second quarter revenues, topping expectations.
(Reporting by Tanya Agrawal; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)
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