March 7 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures moved

higher on Friday as investors assessed a nonfarm payrolls report

for February to gauge the health of the world's largest economy.

A Labor Department report showed the U.S. economy added

151,000 jobs last month, compared with economists' estimate of a

rise of 160,000. The unemployment rate stood at 4.1%, compared

with expectations of 4.0%.

Average monthly earnings rose 0.3% in the previous month,

compared with expectations of a 0.3% rise.

At 08:30 a.m. ET, Dow E-minis were up 109 points,

or 0.26%, S&P 500 E-minis were up 23.5 points, or 0.36%

and Nasdaq 100 E-minis were up 112.25 points, or 0.56%.

(Reporting by Sukriti Gupta; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)