NEW YORK-- A look at New York Stock Exchange 10 most-active stocks at 1 p.m.:. AT&T Inc. fell. 2 percent to $37.84 with 13,141,500 shares traded. Alcoa Inc. fell. 2 percent to $8.20 with 14,336,500 shares traded.
*FTSEurofirst down 1.6 percent, Euro STOXX 50 down 1.4 pct. LONDON, April 5- European shares fell on Friday to post their biggest daily fall of 2013 after U.S jobs figures came in much lower than expected. "It's a bad number, much worse than consensus or the whisper numbers that were being circulated," Joshua Raymond, strategist at City Index, said.
LONDON, April 5- European shares fell on Friday to post their biggest daily fall of the year so far after U.S jobs figures came in much worse than expected.
*F5 Networks plunges after weak outlook, weighs on peers. NEW YORK, April 5- U.S. stocks fell on Friday, with major indexes down more than 1 percent, in the wake of a payrolls report that was much weaker than expected, the latest in a series of data to indicate economic growth may be losing momentum.
NEW YORK, April 5- Major stock markets tumbled, the dollar fell, while Treasury prices rallied on Friday after a much weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report added to fears the U.S. economic recovery was losing steam.
*F5 Networks plunges after weak outlook, weighs on peers. NEW YORK, April 5- U.S. stocks dropped more than 1 percent on Friday in the wake of payrolls data that was much weaker than expected, the latest in a series of reports to indicate economic growth may be losing momentum.
NEW YORK, April 5- U.S. stocks fell more than 1 percent at the open on Friday, following a payroll report that was much weaker than expected, the latest in a series of reports to indicate that economic growth may be losing momentum. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 164.09 points, or 1.12 percent, at 14,442.02.
*F5 Networks plunges in premarket after weak outlook. NEW YORK, April 5- U.S. stock index futures pointed to a drop of more than 1 percent at the open on Friday, following a payroll report that was much weaker than expected, the latest in a series of reports to indicate that economic growth may be losing momentum.
*Germany's DAX falls sharply on technical factors. LONDON, April 5- European shares fell to a one-month low in choppy trading on Friday, with selling aggravated by a sharp fall in the German DAX index and last-minute concerns that U.S. jobs data could disappoint.
*S&P 500 on track for biggest weekly decline of 2013. *F5 Networks plunges in premarket after weak outlook. NEW YORK, April 5- U.S. stock index futures fell on Friday as investors looked to the release of nonfarm payrolls data, which could be the latest in a series of reports pointing to slowing growth.
*S&P 500 on track for biggest weekly decline of 2013. *F5 Networks plunges in premarket after weak outlook. NEW YORK, April 5- U.S. stock index futures were lower on Friday as investors looked to the release of nonfarm payrolls data, which could be the latest in a series of reports pointing to slowing growth.
HONG KONG, April 5- Hong Kong shares finished a holiday-shortened week at their lowest close since Nov. 28, as fears of a bird flu outbreak sparked a broad selloff, and further falls looked possible after the benchmark index broke below a key technical support. The China Enterprises Index of the leading Chinese listings in Hong Kong shed 3.1 percent.
TOKYO, April 5- Japanese shares jumped to near five-year highs and government bond prices rose sharply on Friday, with the long-end of the yield curve inverting, a day after the Bank of Japan announced extraordinary stimulus steps to revive the world's third-largest economy.
HONG KONG, April 5- Hong Kong shares tumbled to a four-month low on Friday, led by airlines as fears of a bird flu outbreak sparked a broad selloff, with a benchmark index breaking below a key chart support, pointing at further losses ahead.
*F5 Networks plunges after weak outlook, weighs on peers. NEW YORK, April 5- U.S. stocks fell on Friday, setting the S&P 500 for its worst weekly performance of the year, in the wake of a payrolls report that was much weaker than expected, the latest in a series of data to indicate economic growth may be losing momentum.
TOKYO, April 5- Japanese shares jumped to near five-year highs and government bond prices rose sharply on Friday, with the long-end of the yield curve inverting, a day after the Bank of Japan announced extraordinary stimulus measures to reignite the world's third-largest economy.
HONG KONG, April 5- Hong Kong shares were set to start lower on Friday as lower oil prices pull down the three Chinese oil majors, with PetroChina and CNOOC each down more than 2 percent. The Hang Seng Index was set to open down 0.5 percent at 22,230.9. The China Enterprises Index of the leading Chinese listings in Hong Kong was indicated to start down 0.4 percent.
*MSCI Asia ex- Japan down 0.3 pct. TOKYO, April 5- Japanese equities soared and the yen continued its tumble against the dollar and the euro on Friday after the Bank of Japan's unprecedented monetary expansion, but Asian shares eased ahead of U.S. jobs data amid rising concern over the American economy.
*Facebook shares rise on new app software, Google falls. NEW YORK, April 4- U.S. stocks ended slightly higher on Thursday after the Bank of Japan announced aggressive, market-lifting policies to jump-start its economy, but weak U.S. jobs data capped gains.
*Facebook shares rise on new app software, Google falls. NEW YORK, April 4- U.S. stocks ended slightly higher on Thursday after the Bank of Japan announced aggressive, market-lifting policies to jump-start its economy, but weak U.S. jobs data capped gains.