Gains across Asia weren't as stable as we would want them to be with some of the indices going down and losing points as the weekend approaches. Europe has more speed and gains across the region that Asia.
Topix grew 0.4 percent.
Hang Seng declined by less than 0.1 percent.
Shanghai Composite failed to reverse some of the losses.
S&P/ASX 200 grew 0.8 percent.
Kospi grew 0.1 percent.
MSCI Asia Pacific grew 0.5 percent.
S&P 500 futures didn’t move since yesterday.
Stoxx Europe 600 grew 0.1 percent.
FTSE 100 rose 0.3 percent.
MSCI Emerging Market gained 0.2 percent. Is now at the highest point in 5 months.
Equites and living their stable life this week which is a welcome change after last week's losses.
Dollar dipped 0.1 percent against the basket of six major currencies.
Euro grew 0.05 percent - $1.1648.
Pound lost 0.1 percent - $1.3099 - weakest point in a week for the British currency.
Yen grew 0.2 percent – 110.97 yen per dollar.
Some of the red color is painting commodities sector for today with oil dipping against the greenback.
WTI oil lost 0.43 percent - $69.31 per barrel.
Brent crude lost 0.51 percent - $74.16 per barrel.
Natural gas added 0.07 percent - $2.78 for MMBtu.
Comex gold is 0.45 percent in the red - $1229.80 per ounce.
Comex silver lost 0.52 percent - $15.42.
Copper declined 0.23 percent - $281.15 per pound.
Corn added 0.47 percent and the bushel of it now costs $377.50.
Pound of cocoa lifted itself by 3.12 percent - $2.315.00 per metric ton.
Bushel os wheat rose 0.84 percent - $541.00.