S&P 500 — US Large Cap Index
FTSE 100 — UK Blue Chips
Euro Stoxx 50 — Eurozone Leaders
DAX 40 — German Equities
CAC 40 — French Market Index
Nikkei 225 — Japan Benchmark
Hang Seng — Hong Kong Index
Shanghai Composite — China Mainland
ASX 200 — Australian Market
TSX Composite — Canada Index
Nifty 50 — India Large Cap
STI Index — Singapore Market
KOSPI — South Korea Index
Bovespa — Brazil Equities
JSE Top 40 — South Africa Index
IPC Index — Mexico Market
London’s FTSE 100 was little changed at around 10,830 points on Friday as investors adopted a cautious stance ahead of closely watched US jobs data. Bonds, meanwhile, found some relief after Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller eased expectations of a near-term rate hike, sending the dollar lower. In the UK, Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill argued that raising interest rates now could reduce the risk of the central bank having to tighten policy more aggressively later to contain inflation, which has risen amid the fallout from the Iran war. Mining stocks were among the weakest performers, with Anglo American, Rio Tinto, Glencore and Antofagasta each falling between 0.6% and 1%. Among individual movers, Barclays edged lower after announcing plans to more than double its banker headcount in its Singapore private-banking operation by 2030.
