Global stocks rose to their highest in more than a month on Friday after a report suggested progress toward resolving the trade dispute between the United States and China.
Stocks
- MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan added 0.55 percent. The index has gained 1.3 percent this week.
- (SXAP) rising 1.3 percent.
- Germany’s exporter-heavy DAX (GDAXI) up 0.7 percent.
- Australian stocks (AXJO) rose 0.5 percent.
- South Korea’s KOSPI (KS11).
- Japan’s Nikkei (N225) gained more than 1 percent.
- STOXX 600 (STOXX) index up nearly 1 percent.
Currencies
- The U.S. dollar was otherwise mixed, easing a touch on the yen to 108.98.
- The euro rose to $1.1398 (EUR=).
- The pound was 0.3 percent lower at $1.2950.
Commodities
- Palladium was 1.5 percent higher at $1,417.00 an ounce after rising to an all-time high of $1,434.50 overnight.
- U.S. crude oil futures extended Thursday’s gains, adding 0.8 percent to $52.49 per barrel.
- Brent crude was up 0.6 percent at $61.56 per barrel.
- Spot gold was down 0.3 percent at $1,299.06 an ounce,
Bonds
- The 10-year Treasury yield stood at 2.766 percent.