Share prices on the Philippine Stock Exchange rallied on Monday as investors’ appetite for risky assets were roused by the latest US jobs data that exceeded expectations and indicated a strengthening US economy.

The data released on Friday showed that 287,000 jobs were created in June or 112,000 more than expected. That robust growth lit, according to an AFP report, a fire under US and European shares, which, the agency said, were also fired up by hopes for fresh central bank stimulus. As a result, all three main indexes on Wall Street surged while European markets also rallied.

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