Wall Street points higher ahead of the March jobs report

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street was poised to open higher Friday as investors await monthly jobs data for March, while a resurgence of Russian attacks dashed hopes for any quick end to the war in Ukraine. Futures for the Dow industrials and S&P 500 were 0.5% higher in premarket trading and prices for U.S. crude oil dipped below $100 per barrel. Shares in Asia were mixed, while European benchmarks gained. Despite surging inflation, the U.S. economy has cranked out more than 400,000 jobs every month for nearly a year. Economists expect that hiring wave likely continued last month.