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Futures rise after four-day slide ahead of payrolls
NEW YORK - U.S. stock index futures rose Friday, indicating the S&P; 500 may reverse a four-day losing streak ahead of key data on the U.S. labor market. | Video
Global stocks, oil jump on U.S. job gains, Europe optimism
NEW YORK - World stocks rallied, U.S. oil jumped nearly 5 percent and the euro surged on Friday on news U.S. employers increased hiring in July by the most in five months and on renewed optimism that Europe was closer to action on its debt crisis.
Knight tells futures customers their money is safely segregated
CHICAGO - Knight Capital Group's futures brokerage told customers their money is safely separate from the market making firm's own capital.
Oil jumps on U.S. jobs rise, Brent hits 10-week high
NEW YORK - Oil prices rose sharply on Friday, with Brent crude futures hitting a 10-week high, after a U.S. nonfarm payrolls report showed employers added more jobs than expected in July.
Insight: Morgan Stanley brokers chafe at new system's glitches
NEW YORK - Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's new brokerage technology platform has been beset by glitches that have frustrated the firm's financial advisers and made a long and costly merger more expensive, brokers and other people familiar with the situation said.
Seoul shares fall after ECB holds back immediate action
SEOUL - Seoul shares fell on Friday after investors were left disappointed by the lack of immediate policy action by the European Central Bank (ECB), following a similar inaction from the U.S. Federal Reserve earlier in the week.
Syrian leader Assad's planes pound vital prize of Aleppo
* Syria forces attack rebel frontline in Salaheddine district
UPDATE 1-UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Friday Aug 3
* Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening up 4-7 points, or as much as 0.2 percent higher on Friday, according to financial bookmakers, steadying after sharp falls in the previous session, with all eyes on the key July U.S. jobs data, due at 1230 GMT. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on
Banks lift European shares to four-month highs
* FTSEurofirst 300 ends up 2.5 pct, Euro STOXX 50 up 4.8 pct
Nikkei slips as ECB disappoints; Sony, Sharp earnings drag
* Sharp slumps 28 pct, lowest close since 1976 * Sony sags 7 pct, lowest finish since 1980 * Fast Retailing up as July same-store sales beat expectations TOKYO, Aug 3 - Japan's Nikkei average fell on Friday after the ECB disappointed investors by offering no immediate action to prop up the euro, with wide quarterly losses from Sharp and Sony adding to the gloom. Both Sharp Corp and Sony Corp plummeted to their lowest in more than three decades after posting heavy losse
Hong Kong shares slip below chart support, China stocks up
HONG KONG, Aug 3 - Hong Kong shares weakened below a key technical support level on Friday, in a general move away from riskier assets after inaction by the European Central Bank and Federal Reserve dashed investors' hopes of easing.
Markets
- U.S.
- Europe
- Asia
- Sectors
| DOW | 13,096.17 |  +217.29 |
+1.69% |
| S&P; 500 | 1,390.99 | +25.99 |
+1.90% |
| NASDAQ | 2,967.90 | +58.13 |
+2.00% |
| TR US Index | 125.40 | +2.37 |
+1.93% |
-98.07Sector Summary
| Energy | +2.78% |
| Basic Materials | +2.16% |
| Industrials | +1.63% |
| Cyclical Goods & Services | +1.65% |
| Non-Cyclical Goods & Services | +1.50% |
| Financials | +2.50% |
| Healthcare | +1.46% |
| Technology | +2.09% |
| Telecoms | +1.01% |
| Utilities | +1.96% |
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- Amsterdam: UPDATE 1-Dutch property funds resume merger talks
- Belgium: UPDATE 1-Dutch property funds resume merger talks
- France: French and Benelux stocks-Factors to watch on Oct. 3
- Spain: Spanish stocks - Factors to watch on Tuesday
- Switzerland: Speculators decrease long US dollar bets in latest week-CFTC
- U.K.: UPDATE 1-UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Friday Aug 3
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