21h18 Gold tumbled 1 percent
on Friday after data showed U.S. job growth accelerated sharply,
easing fears of an abrupt economic slowdown and keeping the
Federal Reserve on track to continue reducing its monetary
stimulus.
17h47 South African stocks ended a see-saw session virtually unchanged on Friday, pulling back from record high set earlier in the day as investors digested the widely watched U.S. jobs data.
22h10 A surprisingly strong U.S.
jobs report on Friday sent bond and gold prices sharply lower
and initially lifted equity markets, but mounting tensions over
Ukraine led stocks in Europe and elsewhere to retreat, while
U.S. shares traded near flat.
20h19 U.S. stocks trimmed earlier
gains on Friday's jobs data to trade little changed by midday as
investors turned cautious before the weekend, with the S&P 500
near record highs and a simmering crisis in Ukraine.
16h23 Economic growth in Nigeria will accelerate this year, driven by sectors outside its dominant energy industry, while inflation will continue its downward path, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday.
22h16 Britain's first machine for
dispensing digital currency opened for business in a cafe near
London's "Silicon roundabout" tech hub in east London on Friday,
offering customers the ability to exchange bank notes for
bitcoins.
21h44 The United Nations
voiced concern on Friday about plans by regional authorities in
Crimea to hold a referendum on whether to secede from Ukraine
and join Russia and warned against decisions being taken "in the
heat of the moment."
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