Goldman and Sachs have raised their crude oil forecasts, explaining that oil markets have balanced six months earlier than expected.
After a snapping decline at the end of January world stocks began February by rising in the European and Asian sessions.
On Thursday, Nokia reported a better-than-expected Q4 EBIT that surged 7% from the last year to €1.0B, topping analysts' expectations of €888M, and driven by Huawei's one-off patent payment.
The Azeri President Ilham Aliyev was nominated as a candidate for the Presidential election to run for the fourth term in October, the ruling party's executive secretary announced on Thursday.
ATM cash withdrawal in Hong Kong surpassed, prompting inspection from the banking industry, monetary authorities and police, as withdrawals reached up to thousands of dollars from 50 cards a clip.
According to some news outlets, an unidentified British minister outside the Cabinet is preparing to denounce the Prime Minister Theresa May and resign in protest against her leadership.
Royal Dutch Shell reported on Thursday its 2017 profit more than doubled to $16B, driven by stronger gas and oil prices and production.
On Thursday, shares in South Korea's Celltrion plunged 5% after receiving a Food and Drug Administration's warning letter from the United States regarding the company's pharma stocks.
Sears Holdings, a struggling US retailer, has laid off around 220 of its employees at Hoffman Estates headquarters, following the company's restructuring plan as it seeks to regain profitability.
Microsoft beat Wall Street's profit estimates, as the company's cloud computing business expanded, but took a one-time charge of $13.8B due to the new US tax law.
Tencent Holdings was leading an agreement to invest $1.6M in China's menswear company Heilan Home, raising a retail rivalry with Alibaba.
Facebook suggested reassurances to investors that the company's ad business is set to remain profitable, despite a decrease in usage.
Japan's company Fujifilm is expected to take over Xerox in a $6.1B worth deal, combining the company into a joint venture to cut costs and gain scale.
PayPal's shares dropped nearly 12% in after-hours trading, after the company's former partner EBay announced that it starts processing payments through Adyen, Dutch payments firm.
China's personal computer producer Lenovo announced a loss in the Q3, affected mainly by a $400M one-off charge resulting from the US tax reform.
Markit reported that its PMI for the Chinese manufacturing sector came in at 51.5 in January, unchanged from the previous month and in line with forecasts.
Markit reported on Friday that its PMI for the Chinese manufacturing sector came in at 51.5 in January, unchanged from the previous month and in line with forecasts.
The ABR reported that new building approvals fell 20.0% in December, after climbing 12.6% in the preceding month, whereas analysts anticipated a drop of 7.9%.
The Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that the country's economy expanded by 1.4% in 2017, while the preliminary estimate by the Ministry of Economy was 1.4%-1.8%.
Shares of the US-based Boeing Co surged by almost 5% on Wednesday after the company revised its profit forecast from $13.80 to $14.00 per share in 2018.
The Indian government is set to disclose its budget for 2018/2019 on Thursday, thus setting either limited fiscal deficit or increased spending as its economic priority.
The US Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady on Wednesday; inflation is expected to stabilise near the 2% target this year, thus pointing to a possible rate hike in March.
Growth of car sales in the European Union is anticipated to weaken to 1% over the course of 2018, as Brexit and stricter regulations on car emissions would threaten the industry.
Boeing was still in negotiations with Embraer over the deal, where products of Brazilian planemaker could provide a boost to the long-term strategy of Boeing.