Stocks on Wall Street ended mostly higher yesterday despite the US government’s latest jobs report, which showed a sharp decline in hiring last month.

Dublin-based exploration company Petroceltic International has extended its southern European footprint into Greece, through the award of a share of a licence off the country’s west coast.

US commerce secretary John Bryson is facing felony hit-and-run charges following two Los Angeles-area traffic crashes that left him injured and unconscious, police said.