LONDON, July 8 (Reuters) - World stocks and crude oil futures fell on Friday after U.S. data showed employers hired the fewest number of workers in nine months, dashing optimism the economic recovery was regaining momentum.
Only 18,000 jobs were created last month, the U.S. non-farm payrolls report showed, far less than the 90,000 expected in a Reuters survey. The unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent, the highest since December, from 9.1 percent in May.
The dollar dropped against the yen in response, and the euro also tumbled before trimming its losses.
U.S. stock futures extended losses, with the Dow Jones
Industrial Average futures index
The MSCI world equity index was last 0.5 percent lower with European shares down 0.4 percent.
U.S. crude futures