Fri, 06 Feb 2015 08:56:19 GMT
Asian stocks rose before US payrolls
Asian shares gained value on Friday as well as oil prices, which started to rebound after a harsh drop, while investors are waiting for the US nonfarm payrolls for January. Asia-Pacific shares rose around 0.1%, Japan's Nikkei stock average, in turn, added 0.7 %. Meanwhile, economists forecasting US payrolls decrease to 234,000 people in January, compared to 252,000 in December.