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Friday,03 May 2024 at 08:08

UK and European stock markets opened in the green, rounding off a broadly negative week dominated by corporate earnings.

Hong Kong led gains in Asia as Wall Street rose overnight, ahead of key U.S. employment data.

Oil prices edged up in early trade on the prospect of OPEC+ continuing output cuts, but the crude benchmarks were headed for weekly losses on U.S. economic uncertainty and limited crude supply disruptions caused by the Israel-Hamas war.

Gold prices were poised for a second straight weekly decline, although bullion held steady on Friday as investors remained cautious ahead of the U.S. non-farm payrolls data that could provide cues on the Federal Reserve’s rate cut timeline.

In corporate news, Anglo American was sitting pretty at the top of the FTSE 100 following a Reuters report that Glencore is studying an approach for the miner after it rejected a £31bn proposal from BHP.

Markets

At 08:30

FTSE 100 8,197 +0.30%

FTSE 250 20,066 +0.07%

DAX 17,926 +0.16%

At the close

Dow Jones 38,225 +0.85%

S&P 500 5,064 +0.91%

NASDAQ 15,840 +1.51%

Fixed Income

UK 10-YR YIELD 4.265

Exchange Rates

GBP/USD 1.254

GBP/EUR 1.168

Commodities

Gold $2,299 (-0.15%)

Brent $83.99 +0.41%

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