The U.S. dollar firmed against its key counterparts in the European session on Friday, as the nation's job growth exceeded expectations in September, intensifying hopes that the Federal Reserve will continue to raise rates aggressively in the coming months.
Data from the Labor Department showed that non-farm payroll employment jumped by 263,000 jobs in September after surging by an unrevised 315,000 jobs in August. Economists had expected employment to leap by 250,000 jobs.
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