Asian stocks rose on Friday, reports Bloomberg, paring a weekly loss after Australia’s central bank more than tripled its economic growth forecast and reports showed that US unemployment claims and worker productivity beat estimates. Futures on the S&P500 index fell 0.22% after the gauge added 1.92% on Thursday.
Asian markets (Fri)
04:15 GMT
Nikkei 225 up 110.44 (1.14%) 9,827.88
Topix up 1.39 (0.16%) at 876.35
Hang Seng up 407.96 (1.90%) at 21,887.04
US markets (Thurs)
S&P 500 up 20.13 (1.92%) at 1,066.63
DJIA up 203.82 (2.08%) at 10,005.96
Nasdaq up 49.80 (2.42%) at 2,105.32
European markets (Thurs)
Eurofirst 300 up 5.89 (0.60%) at 990.53
FTSE100 up 17.75 (0.35%) at 5,125.64
Currencies
04:10 GMT
€/$ 1.4869 (1.4834)
$/¥ 90.61 (90.35)
£/$ 1.6586 (1.6569)
Commodities (continuous)
04:08 GMT
Brent Crude (ICE) up $0.62 at $78.61
Light Crude (Nymex) up $0.48 at $80.10
100 Oz Gold (Comex) up $1.90 at $1,091.20
Copper (Comex) up $3.60 at $299.30
10-year government bond yields (%)
04.12 GMT
US 3.53 (3.51)
UK 3.85 (3.79)
Germany 3.34 (3.32)
Japan 1.45 (1.43)
Sources: FT, Reuters, Bloomberg