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The S&P 500 and Dow industrials closed slightly higher on Friday as investors digested a mixed U.S. jobs report and bet on a Federal Reserve interest rate cut this month, while China's stimulus plan helped ease some concerns around global growth.

The S&P 500 and the Dow industrials closed slightly higher on Friday as investors digested a mixed U.S. jobs report and bet on a Federal Reserve interest rate cut this month while China's stimulus plan helped ease some concerns around global growth.

Wall Street's major indexes edged higher on Friday as investors digested mixed signals from the U.S. jobs report and bet on a Federal Reserve interest rate cut this month while China's stimulus plan helped ease some concerns around global growth.

U.S. stocks edged higher on Friday as China's stimulus plan helped ease some concerns around global growth, while investors digested underwhelming jobs data that capped a week of mixed economic signals.

U.S. stocks were set to open higher on Friday as China rolled out a stimulus plan to shore up its flagging economy and weak jobs data cemented expectations of an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve later this month.

U.S. stocks edged higher on Friday as a new Chinese stimulus plan helped ease some concerns around global growth, while investors digested underwhelming jobs data that rounded off a week of mixed economic signals.

U.S. stocks treaded water on Friday as underwhelming jobs data rounded off a week of mixed economic signals about the domestic economy, while a new stimulus plan from China helped ease some concerns around global growth.

U.S. stocks opened higher on Friday as China rolled out a stimulus plan to shore up its flagging economy and weak jobs data cemented expectations of an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve later this month.

U.S. stock index futures pared gains on Friday after data showed domestic job growth slowed more than expected in August, but strong wage gains should keep the economy expanding moderately amid rising threats from trade tensions.

U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Friday ahead of a crucial jobs report and as China rolled out a stimulus plan to shore up its flagging economy.

Indian shares closed higher on Friday as investors cheered the government's assurance for the ailing domestic auto sector, amid easing U.S.-China trade tensions.

Britain's FTSE 100 index is expected to open lower on Friday, with futures trading down 0.2% at 7253.

Britain's FTSE 100 index is expected to open slightly lower on Friday, with futures trading down 0.1% at 7260. * SHELL, BP: Think-tank Carbon Tracker said in a report that investment plans by Royal Dutch Shell, BP and ExxonMobil, among others, will not be compatible with the 2015 Paris Agreement, which aims to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. * SHELL: Exxon Mobil has agreed to sell its Norwegian oil and gas assets, which comprises minority stakes in more than 20 fields, operated by local producer Equinor and Anglo-Dutch oil major Royal Dutch Shell, for up to $4 billion. * BREXIT: Number of workers hired for permanent jobs through recruitment agencies in Britain fell at the fastest pace in more than three years in August as the Brexit crisis deepened, a survey showed. * BREXIT: If Britain quits the European Union without a deal next month, some checks may need to take place near Ireland's border with British-run Northern Ireland, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Thursday. * GOLD: Gold prices inched lower, after dropping more than 2% in the previous session, as investors were driven to riskier assets encouraged by stronger U.S. economic data and hopes of a thaw in the U.S.-China trade tensions. * OIL: Oil prices edged higher, with crude benchmarks poised for multi-week gains amid a sharp drawdown in U.S. crude inventories, while trade tensions eased after Washington and Beijing agreed to hold high-level talks next month. * London's FTSE 100 slipped 0.6% on Thursday as a surge in sterling pushed exporter stocks lower, missing out on a global rally led by growing hopes of a resolution to the U.S.-China trade dispute. * For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: [\LIVE] * UK CORPORATE DIARY: Berkeley Group BKGH.L Trading Update SIG Plc SHI.L HY Results Ashmore Group ASHM.L Full Year Results TODAY'S UK PAPERS > Financial Times > Other business headlines (Reporting by Shanima A in Bengaluru)

Indian shares rose for a third straight session on Friday, in line with gains in broader Asia, as U.S.-China trade tensions eased, with IT firm Tech Mahindra Ltd leading gains after scoring a deal with U.S. telecoms firm AT&T Inc.

India's benchmark BSE index reversed early gains and closed slightly lower on Thursday as sluggish economic growth kept investors cautious and the government's assurance to the ailing auto sector failed to bring much cheer.

Indian shares edged higher on Thursday, led by gains in mining and energy stocks, with sentiment buoyed by hopes of progress in resolving the protracted U.S.-China trade dispute after the two sides agreed to hold talks.

Indian shares ended higher on Wednesday, as gains in banking and steelmaker shares helped markets recover from earlier losses, with sentiment lifted by easing political tensions in Hong Kong and Europe.

Britain's FTSE 100 index is expected to open 16 points higher at 7,284 on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures up 0.6%ahead of the cash market open.

Britain's FTSE 100 index is expected to open 16 points higher at 7,284 on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers. * BHP: Several BHP Group shareholders, including the Church of England pension fund, are recommending the company suspend its membership in industry groups that advocate for policies inconsistent with the Paris climate change agreement. * BP: Operations at BP Plc's 430,000 bpd Whiting, Indiana, refinery were continuing normally with no units shut, said sources familiar with plant operations on Monday. * SHELL: Royal Dutch Shell Plc restarted the coker at its 225,300-barrel-per-day (bpd) Norco, Louisiana, refinery on Saturday, said sources familiar with plant operations. * DIAGEO: Scottish union Unite on Tuesday disclosed a series of strike action dates at some of Diageo Plc's plants after talks over pay raise fell through between the British beverage giant and two of its biggest Scottish unions. * BREXIT: British finance minister Sajid Javid will announce increases in public spending on Wednesday, preparing the ground for a possible snap election call by Prime Minister Boris Johnson who is seeking a way to break resistance to his Brexit plans. * BREXIT: The speaker of Britain's House of Commons, John Bercow, approved an emergency debate in parliament on Brexit put forward by a group of lawmakers who are seeking to block leaving the EU without a deal. * GOLD: Gold held steady after rising 1% in the previous session, with prices hovering near a more than six-year high on heightened fears of a global recession following weak U.S. data, the prolonged Sino-U.S. trade spat and Brexit uncertainties. * OIL: Oil prices recovered some ground after touching their lowest in close to a month during the previous session on concerns that a weakening global economy could depress demand. * London-listed stocks most exposed to the British economy fell as investors worried the country was heading for a chaotic no-deal exit from the European Union or an early national election, while global growth concerns also persisted. * For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on: * UK CORPORATE DIARY: Barratt Developments Plc BDEV.L Full Year Results Dunelm Group Plc DNLM.L Full Year Results Halfords Group Plc HFD.L Full Year Results TODAY'S UK PAPERS > Financial Times > Other business headlines (Reporting by Shanima A in Bengaluru)

Indian shares were subdued on Wednesday as index heavyweights lagged amid weak global cues, following a sharp slump in the previous session due to heavy foreign outflows from capital markets.