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May entering negotiations with Brussels with an open mind
Theresa May is not looking for Britain to exit the European Union without clinching a Brexit deal with Brussels, one of the bloc's highest-ranking officials said on Friday.
Bonds: Gilts, Greek bonds outperform
These were the movements in some of the most widely-followed longer-term sovereign bond yields: US: 2. 21% (-2bp)UK: 1. 03% (-4bp)Germany: 0. 25% (+1bp)France: 0. 94% (+1bp)Spain: 1. 70% (-1bp)Italy: 2. 26% (-1bp)Greece: 6. 64% (-8bp)Portugal: 3. 74% (-3bp)Japan: 0. 02% (-0bp).
Commodities: Oil breaks three-week streak of gains, gold holds its ground
Crude oil futures were in a funk again heading into the weekend, amid 'market chatter' around declining demand and concerns that Russia might yet scupper a deal by the world's largest oil producers to continue reining in their production.
Europe close: Investors sit on their hands ahead of French elections
European stocks finished on a mixed note on Friday with the CAC 40 slipping after the Paris shooting fuelled uncertainty about the French presidential election, although it was Italian stocks that did worst.
Sector movers: UK construction, homebuilders in focus
Gains at the end of the week were being driven by a mix of defensive and more cyclical issues, driven in part by analysts' comments on different segments of the markets and ahead of multiple trading updates due out over the course of the following week.
Analysts differ on forecasts for China's FX reserves
Capital outflows from China slowed significantly over the past two months, Capital Economics estimated, telling clients that the country's fight against them might be nearly over, but Oxford Economics disagreed.
US factory and service output levels at seven-month lows in April
The US economy softened at the start of the year, with levels of output in both the manufacturing and services sectors dipping to seven-month lows, the results of a survey showed, but economists believed there were good reasons to expect a rebound going forward.
Paris attacker kills policeman, injures two others, IS claims responsibility
An attack against a bus carrying French policemen claimed one victim and left two other officers injured just two days before the hotly-contested first round of the French presidential elections.
UK growth and inflation set to exceed forecasts in near-term, BoE's Saunders says
Inflation and growth may outstrip the Bank of England's most recent forecasts, the Monetary Policy Committee's Michael Saunders said.
Week ahead: French elections, UK GDP in focus
All eyes will turn to France next week, as investors digest the results of the first round of voting in the presidential elections and attempt to draw the correct implications for the economic outlook, both there as well as for the other electoral contests which still lay ahead on the Continent in 2017.
Strategic Minerals enters cash generative phase, shares jump
Shares in Strategic Minerals leaped higher after the company said it had entered a cash generative phase and was considering new projects.
Le Pen or Melenchon election victory would trigger a correction, Citi says
The most likely outcome of the French elections was a victory for either the centrist or centre-right candidates, Emmanuele Macron and Francois Fillon, strategists at Citi said.
Barclays believes worst of iron ore price slide over, positive on mining
Analysts at Barclays sounded a positive note on the EU mining sector, flagging the potential for large cash returns from Glencore, S32 and Rio Tinto over the medium-term.
Bonds: Gilts little changed amid dovish Fed speak, ahead of French elections
These were the movements in some of the most widely-followed 10-year sovereign bond yields: US: 2. 24% (+3bp)UK: 1. 07% (+0bp)Germany: 0. 24% (+4bp)France: 0. 93% (-2bp)Spain: 1. 70% (+2bp)Italy: 2. 27% (-1bp)Portugal: 3. 78% (-3bp)Greece: 6. 72% (+3bp)Japan: 0. 02% (+1bp).
Europe open: Investors in wait-and-see mode after Paris terror strike
Investors reacted calmly to the terrorist attack overnight in Paris, adopting a 'wait-and-see' attitude ahead of that country's presidential elections on Sunday, although analysts flagged the potential for the terror strike to disrupt the hotly-contested first round of voting.