Markets outlook remains clouded after US jobs report

Global stocks and bond prices fell after a key US jobs report painted a mixed picture of the US labour market and left investors with a muddled view on rate-hike prospects.

With the slide in oil keeping up the pressure, the outlook for stock markets following one of their rockiest starts to the year since the crash, remains clouded.

“US job numbers fail to excite,” said Chris Beauchamp, senior market analyst at IG.