Reuters

Crude oil dipped, with prices coming under pressure from record U.S. output and expectations of higher OPEC supplies.

Shares rose to their highest in two-and-a-half-weeks as strong U.S. jobs data offset U.S.-China tariff wars concerns.

U.S. job growth accelerated in May and the unemployment rate dropped to an 18-year low of 3.8 percent, pointing to rapidly tightening labor market conditions.

Socialist Pedro Sanchez took over as Spain’s prime minister on Friday, after outgoing leader Mariano Rajoy lost a parliamentary confidence vote.

European shares breathed a sigh of relief on Friday with Italian stocks leading the pack after a coalition deal appeared to end three months of political deadlock.

A senior North Korean official will hand over a letter from the country’s leader Kim Jong Un to Donald Trump.

Kuroda called for “rational” debate among G7 nations to prevent protectionist trade measures from disrupting the global economy.

U.S. stocks fell on Thursday after the United States decided to impose metal import tariffs on Canada, Mexico and the E.U., sparking fresh concerns of a trade war with its top allies

Washington will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the European Union, Canada and Mexico from midnight on Thursday, sharply escalating the risk of a trade war.

World stocks, the euro and Italian bonds all made a second day of gains, after renewed efforts from politicians in Rome to form a government.