Stock market today: Wall Street rises after a blowout jobs report

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are rising amid a rush of optimism Friday after a report showed U.S. employers went on a stronger spree of hiring last month.

The S&P 500 was 0.7% higher in early trading and pulling toward its all-time high set on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 266 points, or 0.6%, as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 1.2% higher.

Stocks are clawing back losses from earlier in the week, caused by worries that worsening tensions...