U.S. stock index futures gains as headline number for jobs report comes in lighter than expected.At 8:34 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were up 121 points, or 0.35%, S&P 500 e-minis were up 20.5 points, or 0.45%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 103.25 points, or 0.65%.The U.S. economy created far fewer jobs than expected in November, before a new Covid threat created a scare that growth could slow into the winter, the Labor Department reported Friday.Nonfarm payrolls increased by just 210,000 for the month
Grab debuts on Nasdaq, marking biggest Southeast Asia listing
$Grab$, Southeast Asia's biggest ride-hailing and food delivery firm,lists on Nasdaq on Thursday following its $40 billion merger with special-purpose acquisition company $Altimeter Growth Corp$.The deal is the world's biggest ever by a blank-check company and the biggest U.S. listing by a Southeast Asian firm.Founded in 2012, Grab is Southeast Asia's largest startup, valued at just over $16 billion last year. It launched as a Malaysian taxi-hailing service and now calls itself a "superapp" aft