U.S. stocks finished higher Monday, as investors received a better-than-expected jobs report from last week and welcomed lower borrowing costs in Spain and Italy. In world markets, European stocks ended higher, led by both the DAX in Germany and the CAC 40 in France rising 0.8 percent. Asian markets also ended higher, led by the Nikkei in Japan rising 2 percent. With no other reports due on the economy, investors continued to monitor Europe's debt crisis, and were relieved to see yields on Spanish and Italian bonds declined further on Monday. The U.S. dollar fell against the euro and fell against the yen. Light sweet crude oil for September delivery rose 80 cents to $92.20 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold futures rose $6.90 to $1,612.90 an ounce. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 21.34, or 0.2 percent, to 13,117.51. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 3.24, or 0.2 percent, to 1,394.23. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 22.01, or 0.7 percent, to 2,989.91.
