Data Points: Mizuho Bank and Labor Department

data points: Australia's S&P/ASX 200 XJO, 0.68% rose 0.3%. Markets were mostly higher on the solid U.S. jobs data print, said Vishnu Varathan of the Asia & Oceania Treasury Department at Mizuho Bank in Singapore, adding that questions remained whether economic data points would prove enough to keep stock markets elevated amid other global risks that could put future growth in jeopardy, according to Market Watch. The U.S. employment report from the Labor Department beat economists' consensus expectations, showing an estimated 266,000 new jobs created in November, the most since January, while the unemployment rate fell to a 50-year low. Japan's Nikkei NIK, -0.08% rose 0.3% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index HSI, 0.79% gained less than 0.1%. The Shanghai Composite SHCOMP, 0.24% was about flat while the Shenzhen Composite 399106, -0.44% inched up 0.3%. Elsewhere, South Korea's Kospi 180721, 0.36% advanced 0.3%, while benchmark indexes in Taiwan Y9999, 0.63% Singapore STI, 0.45% Malaysia FBMKLCI, 0.09% and Indonesia JAKIDX, -0.06% were little changed to slightly firmer. In response, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.10% rose 337.27 points, or 1.2%, at 28,015.06 Friday. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.11% rose 28.48 points, or 0.9%, to 3,145.91 Friday. The Dow notched its best day since Oct. 4 and sits 0.5% away from its record close of around 28,164 set on Nov. 27. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.