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Total nonfarm payrolls rose by 29,000 in the latest monthly report, a figure the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday that fell well below the 90,000 increase projected in a Bloomberg-compiled survey.
The weak labor market data reduced market expectations for a Federal Reserve interest rate hike this month, with US equity futures trading mostly flat pre-bell Monday.
Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 futures were unchanged, while Nasdaq futures were 0.2% lower.
The CME FedWatch tool indicates an 80.6% likelihood that the Federal Open Market Committee will hold its benchmark rate steady at the end of the month, up from 76% on Thursday.
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