Wall Street stocks jumped in opening trading Friday after a surprisingly good May jobs report estimated the US economy gained 2.5 million jobs despite the coronavirus.

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A couple of minutes into trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood at 26,971.23, up 2.6 percent.

The broad-based S&P 500 gained 1.9 percent to 3,172.68, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 0.8 percent to 9,691.86.