Wall Street rises on labor market data, higher oil

Traders share a laugh while working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange February 4, 2015.

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(Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose at the open on Thursday, following an upbeat report on the labor market and as energy shares tracked oil prices higher.

The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 86.44 points, or 0.49 percent, to 17,759.46, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 9.57 points, or 0.47 percent, to 2,051.08 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 11.62 points, or 0.25 percent, to 4,728.33.

Health care stocks were among the leaders, boosted by Pfizer's offer to purchase Hospira in a multi-billion dollar deal.

(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Bernadette Baum)

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