- US equities endured a volatile session, but finished higher with a late session rally, assisted by the soft greenback. The Dow Jones climbed 79.92 points, the S&P500 edged 2.92 points higher whilst the tech heavy nasdaq advanced 5.32 points.
There were losses in staples (-1.1%), discretionary (-1.1%) and healthcare (-0.7%) whilst materials (+2.1%), industrials (+1.6%) and financials (+0.50%) ended higher.
European shares were mixed. The FTSEurofirst 300 Index lost 0.15%, the German Dax eased 0.40% whilst the UK FTSE rose 1.1%.
- Asian equities edged up on Friday, taking early inspiration from an overnight rise on Wall Street, while the dollar wobbled ahead of the closely watched U.S. jobs report.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan crept up 0.1 percent. The index was on track to end the week 0.3 percent lower.
U.S. stocks eked out a second straight day of gains on Thursday as a weaker dollar helped materials shares by lifting commodity prices, though disappointing forecasts from retailers and anxiety ahead of Friday's non-farm jobs report limited the advance. The Dow .DJI rose 0.5 percent and the S&P 500 .SPX gained 0.2 percent.
Reference: MKS Group, Reuters
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