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NEW YORK, Apr 1 (UPI) -- U.S. stock indexes flirted with a three-year broad during intraday trading Friday, then pulled back to ease closing the week on an upbeat note.

The Dow designer industrialized cipher gained 56.99, or 0.46 percent, to closing the conference at 12,376.72.

The Nasdaq picked up 0.31 percent, or 8.53, to end the conference at 2,789.60.

The Standard & Poor's 500 winking at 1,332.41, up 6.58 or 0.50 percent.

The Dow impact 12,419.71 during the day, the maximal since June 6, 2008.

The talk was ordered primeval on with better-than-expected non-farm payrolls, a dip in the unemployment evaluate to 8.8 proportionality and a inform indicating manufacturing was expanding, The Wall Street Journal reported.

"The unemployment evaluate and section drawing were key barometers to set the recovery," said Wasif Latif, vice president of justness investments at USAA Investment Management Co. "It's another key data saucer that confirms that the scheme feat is under way."

The New York Stock Exchange reportable a listed intensity of 4.22 billion shares.

The 10-year deposit state winking at 3.44 percent.

The euro rose to $1.4224 from Thursday's $1.4174. Against the yen, the note rose to 84.0200 yearning from Thursday's 83.19 yen.

In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 finger lost 0.48 percent, 46.71, to 9,708.39.

In London, the FTSE 100 finger additional 1.71 percent, 101.16, to 6,009.92.