LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Financial spreadbetters expected Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE to open 84 to 93 points lower, or down as much as 1.5 percent; Germany's DAX .GDAXI to fall 170 to 176 points, or as much as 1.7 percent; and France's CAC 40 .FCHI to drop 81 to 84 points, or as much as 1.8 percent, on Friday.
MAJOR MACROECONOMIC DATA/EVENTS (GMT) ECON :
0600 DE Industrial Orders
0645 FR Consumer Confidence
1230 US Non-farm payrolls ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MARKET SNAPSHOT AT 0514 GMT:
LAST PCT CHG
NET CHG S&P 500
1,951.13
0.12 %
2.27 NIKKEI
17858.29 -1.78 %
-324.1 MSCI ASIA EX-JP
389.18 -0.86 %
-3.37 EUR/USD
EUR=
1.1125
0.04 %
0.0004 USD/JPY
JPY=
119.43 -0.52 %
-0.6300 10-YR US TSY YLD
2.140
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-0.03 10-YR BUND YLD
EU10YT=RR
0.732
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0.00 SPOT GOLD
$1,123.90 -0.08 %
-$0.95 US CRUDE
$46.14
-1.3 %
-0.61 > Asian shares mixed as U.S. jobs report looms, ECB soothes MKTS/GLOB
> Wall Street rises in volatile session ahead of jobs data .N
> Nikkei tumbles to fresh 7-month low as yen strengthens further .T
> Prices edge higher on dovish ECB, U.S. jobs data eyed US/N
> Dovish ECB puts euro on the defensive, dollar awaits payrolls FRX/
> Gold retains 2-day decline ahead of U.S. jobs data GOL/
> London copper set for 2nd weekly gain MET/L
> Oil prices dip, investors wait on cues from U.S. jobs data O/R