Despite recent ECB announcements, during Friday's GMT trading hours the Euro traded near previous day's levels.
Jane Fraser was appointed as the next Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup, the first female global bank CEO.
On Friday, crude oil prices continued to edge lower, as the Saudi Aramco caused sell off continued.
Rio Tinto's Chief Executive Officer Jean-Sébastien Jacques and two top executives will step down by March 31 2021, the company announced on Friday.
The Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar and the Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi have agreed that troops from both countries must quickly disengage from a border standoff.
Oracle Corp won deals with Albertsons Companies, McDonald's Corp and Humana Inc to relocate some of their business to the Oracle cloud computing services.
Tesla launched new supercharger equipment in Berlin on Thursday, saying the electric carmaker is planning to expand in more cities to lure potential buyers.
Oracle Corp has shown a recovery signs in its client spending due to rising demand for its cloud services, as more people turned to remote work during the coronavirus lockdowns, beating forecasts for its Q1 results.
Tesla's shares surged 5% on Thursday after a sharp decline earlier this week, marking their recovery and bringing its two-day gain to 17%.
Volkswagen's truck division Traton on Thursday revealed that the company had increased its offer per share of Navistar from $35 to $43.
On Thursday, the Russian government sued the mining company Norilsk Nickel for a total of $2 billion.
In the aftermath of the US crude oil inventory data being published, crude oil price benchmarks remained steady.
During early US Thursday trading hours, stock prices recovered from previous decline, as the ECB had announced that it would leave its monetary policy unchanged.
On Thursday, the US Department of Labour revealed that US Weekly Jobless Claims have remained high, as 884 thousand claimed unemployment.
On Thursday, Bloomberg reported that Reliance Industries of India offered Amazon a $20 billion stake in the company's retail unit.
It was revealed on Thursday that in August new energy vehicle sales had surged in China by 26% on a year to year basis.
During Thursday's European trading hours, crude oil price benchmarks declined. However, the prices remained above the 40$ per barrel level.
On Thursday, the owner of British Airways IAG started a discounted rights issue that would raise $3.2 billion to help the company's finances.
On Thursday, Huawei revealed that it would launch a new Harmony OS next year, which would rival Google Android.
During Thursday's European trading hours, the EUR currency surged, as markets expected the upcoming ECB meeting to strengthen the currency.
On Thursday, the European commission urged Twitter, Alphabet's Google and Facebook to do more to fight against fake news.
On Thursday, Yum China shares hit a low of HK$386.2 ($50.35) in their Hong Kong debut amid global equities uncertainty.
Mexico's Undersecretary of Finance and Public Credit Gabriel Yorio announced on Wednesday that Mexico is planning to extend the relaxed banking credit laws.
AMP Ltd, Australia's biggest retail wealth manager, announced on Thursday that it had hired Symmetra consultancy to review workplace behaviour.