• Major U.S. stock indexes ended a volatile week on a modestly high note on Friday, led by a surge in Nike shares, and the S&P 500 scored its biggest gain for the first half of the year since 2013 while the Nasdaq Composite's first-half gain was its best in eight years.
Nike shares (NKE.N) rose 11 percent on Friday after the world's largest footwear maker said it would launch a pilot online sales program with Amazon.com (AMZN.O). Nike shares gave the biggest boost to the Dow industrials and the S&P 500.
• Asian stocks held two-years highs on Monday, starting the new month on a solid footing after two quarters of gains while expectations of credit tightening by the world's central banks kept global bond markets under pressure.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS rose 0.1 percent, staying within a stone's throw of its two-year peak hit last week.
Reference: Reuters
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