The Australian dollar has bounced following a disappointing US jobs report. At 0630 AEDT on Monday, the local currency was trading at 86.63 US cents, up from 85.53 cents on Friday. And the Australian share market looks set to open flat after the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P500 reached record highs for the third session in a row. At 0645 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was down three points at 5,550. BEIJING - China recorded a better-than-expected trade surplus of $US45.41 billion ($A49.13 billion) in October, expanding 46.3 per cent from the same month last year. MOSCOW - Russia's central bank says it's ready to step in to protect the crashing ruble, after the currency was hammered by a day of panic selling that have sparked fears of a full-blown crisis. WASHINGTON - Three days after voters registered their sourness about the US economy, the government says employers added a solid 214,000 jobs in October, extending the healthiest pace of hiring in eight years. OTTAWA - The Canadian economy created 43,100 jobs last month, causing the unemployment rate to fall to 6.5 per cent, its lowest level since October 2008, Statistics Canada says. FRANKFURT - Both exports and industrial production bounced back in Germany in September, helping mitigate some recent gloom, data shows. BRUSSELS - A European Union deal to extend a deadline for Britain to pay a 2.1 billion euro ($A3.15 billion) bill until September next year is a victory for Britain, finance minister George Osborne says. BEIJING - The leaders of China and Russia have signed agreements to boost their energy cooperation, including an understanding to develop a second major route to supply the Chinese side with Russian natural gas following an initial $US400 billion ($A432.78 billion) deal in May. COPENHAGEN - Danish company OW Bunker, the world's largest ship fuel supplier, has declared bankruptcy and reported two employees at its Singapore subsidiary to the police following fraud allegations. COPENHAGEN - The world's leading wind turbine maker, Danish group Vestas Wind Systems, reports it has swung into profit and now sees a brighter outlook for 2014. NEW YORK - AT&T is buying Mexican wireless company Iusacell for $US1.8 billion ($A1.95 billion). NEW DELHI - Trading in the shares of bankrupt Kingfisher Airlines is to be suspended. MIAMI - Burger King is famous as the home of the beefy Whopper hamburger, but not in India, where the American fast food empire has opened its first franchise featuring chicken, lamb and vegetarian fare. WELLINGTON - New Zealanders continue to expect house prices to rise, especially if they live in Christchurch or Auckland.