The US consumer sentiment surged to a reading of 72.8 in August from 72.5 in July, the University of Michigan announced on Friday.
The US Federal Reserve announced on Friday that the US manufacturing production edged up by 3.4% in July.
The United Kingdom will purchase potential coronavirus vaccines from Novavax Inc and Johnson & Johnson, the companies announced on Friday.
Fortnite developer Epic Games has filed antitrust lawsuits against Google and Apple after the firms dropped the popular video game from their app stores.
According to data published by the US Commerce Department on Friday, business inventories dropped by 1.1% in June.
On Friday, the US President Donald Trump announced that he is ready to release a new coronavirus aid package.
On its debut on the stock market on Friday, CureVac share price surged by 175%, as the company would develop a coronavirus vaccine.
On Friday, various US retailers announced a coalition, which would fight the counterfeit goods that are sold on Amazon.
The University of Michigan consumer sentiment index stays low at 72.8 during August as the consumers are worried about a stagnant economic recovery.
The developer of Fortnite - Epic Games Inc filed antitrust lawsuits against Apple and Google after these companies removed the game from the app marketplaces due to some guideline violations.
On Friday, a survey of 3000 doctors in Russia revealed a lack of trust for the new coronavirus-vaccine Sputnik V that is expected to roll out by the end of August.
On Friday, the Hong Kong government announced that it would decrease its full year economic outlook.
It was revealed on Friday by Reuters that the United Kingdom would buy potential coronavirus vaccines from Novavax and Johnson & Johnson.
On Friday, the Euro Zone countries revealed an increase in trade surplus in June. However, GDP and employment had experienced a record fall.
During Friday's European trading hours, crude oil price benchmarks declined below the $45 level, as no new increases of demand were expected.
On Friday, global stock indices declined, as China reported lower than forecast economic data and European countries increased travel bans.
The Chinese Commerce Ministry has launched an anti-subsidy investigation on polyphenylene ether imports from the US.
According to data from the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics, China's real estate investment grew by 11.7% in July from a year earlier.
According to data from China's National Bureau of Statistics, the Chinese retail sales grew by 4.8% in July from a year earlier.
WeWork has obtained a $1.1B in new a financing from SoftBank Group, the company's Chief Financial Officer Kimberly Ross announced on Thursday.
Mazda Motor and Toyota Motor announced they would make an investment worth $2.3B in Alabama factory, their new joint venture, $830M more than initially announced on the 2018 plan.
Thomson Reuters acquired a cloud-based court evidence and document management platform CaseLine, the news provider reported, not disclosing any further terms of the deal.
Daimler agreed to the US settlements worth around $3.0B over the carmaker's software implemented in some of its vehicles that cheated diesel emissions tests.
Impossible Foods, the vegan burger maker, secured $200M in funding, nearly half a year after the firm raised its biggest investment ever among food start-ups, totalling funds attracted to $1.5B.