(MENAFN- ProactiveInvestors) Wall Street shares were on the up as the new trading week began with the benchmark Dow gaining 82 points to 17941.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq lost one but the S&P was also higher up four points to 2076.
Markets across the Pond on Friday saw sharp losses as the non-farm job creation report showed a very strong number for February.
It smashed analysts expectations of 235000 coming in at 295000 - the 12th straight monthly number above 200000 in a row but broughtb back into focus the Fed's stance on interest rates back in focus with commentators suggesting the rise could be sooner rather than later.
That appeared to spook investors but the bull run continues stateside and today celebrates its sixth anniversary.
The S&P 500 hit a low on March 9 six years ago and has more than tripled in value since then.
On the corporate front there were some notable risers - General Motors added 2.23% after it unveiled a US$5bn share buyback programme in an agreement with dissented investors.
The car giant also confirmed it is to lift its quarterly dividend to 36 cents a share from 30 cents previously.
Social media giant added 1.5% to US$47.45 as heavyweight broker JP Morgan Cazenove issued a postive note putting a price target of US$67 on the shares.
In London FTSE100 is down 0.55% to 6873 with state-owned bank RBS () and oil major Tullow () weighing.
Greece was also back in the frame. A Eurogroup meeting is taking place in Brussels today to consider Greece’s proposed reforms which are a pre-requisite for an extension of the country’s bail-out programme.
Dutch finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem who is head of the Eurogroup has already suggested Greece might need to push the boat out a bit further to receive EU backing.
Those views are unlikely to go down well with the Greek government with Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis suggesting that if Eurozone officials prove too hard-line another Greek election or a referendum could be in the offing.
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