NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. stock markets rose Wednesday after Automatic Data Processing Inc. said 91,000 jobs were added to the economy in September.
The figure was higher than the 75,000 economists predicted, but not high enough to move the 9.1 unemployment rate lower.
By close of trading on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average added 131.24 points, 1.21 percent, to 10,939.95. The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 20.09 points, 1.79 percent, to 1,144.04. The Nasdaq composite index added 55.69 points, 2.32 percent, to 2,460.51.
On the New York Stock Exchange, 2,231 stocks advanced and 815 declined on a volume of 5 billion shares traded.
The benchmark 10-year treasury note fell 18/32 to yield 1.884 percent.
The euro fell to $1.3344 from Tuesday's $1.3352. Against the yen, the dollar fell to 76.78 yen from Tuesday's 76.81 yen.
In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 index shed 0.86 percent, 73.14, to 8,382.98.
In London, the FTSE 100 index rose 3.19 percent, 157.73, to 5,102.17.
