US stock futures (ES=F, NQ=F, YM=F) are rallying behind the April jobs report's employment data, which saw the US economy outdo economists' forecasts and add 177,000 non-farm payroll jobs.

Chinese officials are reportedly pondering trade negotiations with the US.

Amazon stock (AMZN) is slightly up in Friday pre-market trading and Apple stock (AAPL) is down after the tech giants reported earnings yesterday.

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