Shares of the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s components turned broadly higher in premarket trade Friday, after the release of better-than-expected jobs data, with the only one of 30 stocks not rising because it was still inactive. Dow futures surged 159 points, after trading slightly lower ahead of the data. Among the biggest gainers, shares of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. rallied 1.1%, Caterpillar Inc. climbed 1.0%, Boeing Co. advanced 1.0% and Intel Corp. rose 0.9%. The most active Dow stock was Apple Inc.’s , which tacked on 0.6%. Travelers Companies Inc.’s stock was still inactive.
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