The Portuguese government unveiled a plan to boost its exports to ease the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic, setting a goal to increase exports to 53% of GDP by 2030 from 44% in the prior year.
During Friday's European trading hours, global stock indices declined, as a retracement from five month peaks was taking place.
The world's second-largest mobile operator Vodafone announced on Friday that it was planning the Frankfurt listing for its mast business, named Vantage Towers, in early 2021.
International Airlines Group stated on Friday that American Express sought to pay it £750M to resume their partnership by boosting the airline's finances.
Twitter Inc posted the highest-ever annual growth of its users who can see ads, topping analysts' expectations on usage as well as sending the company's shares up 4%.
Elon Musk's SpaceX is in talks to attract new capital at the $44B valuation, but the round is unlikely to be completed during the nearest time, according to a Bloomberg News report.
On Friday, crude oil price benchmarks rose, as the US Dollar almost reached a two-year low level.
During Friday's Asian trading hours, the Euro traded at a 21-month high level against the US Dollar.
On Friday, it was revealed that the CEOs of the four biggest tech companies were preparing for a hearing at the US Congress about their growing power.
During early Fridays trading hours the value of the Japanese Yen surged against the US Dollar, as the markets were overtaken by a run to safety.
Consumer prices in Canada increased 0.7% in June, compared to the same period the previous year, data published by the Statistics Canada show.
The German chemicals group Covestro announced a net loss of €52M in the second quarter of 2020, a statement published by the company shows.
The Philippines Airlines reported a loss of $183.1M in the first quarter of the current year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a statement published by the company shows.
The South Korean economy contracted 3.3% in the second quarter of 2020 amid the coronavirus outbreak, a statement published by the Bank of Korea shows.
One of the largest retailers in Finland, Kesko Group, reported sales of €2.81B in the second quarter of 2020, an increase of 2.2%, compared to the same period the prior year, data published by the company show.
German car producer Daimler reported a net loss of €1.9B in the second quarter of 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic, a statement published by the company shows.
US weekly unemployment claims increased to 1.416M for the week ending July 18 and compared to 1.307M the previous week, according to the data published by the Labor Department on Thursday.
The largest Dutch bank ING Groep is set to move about 45 London-based jobs to Amsterdam due to Britain's withdrawal from the European Union.
Hershey Co reported on Thursday its quarterly profit topped estimates, adding the company expected sales to grow in the following months, driven by robust demand for the cooking chocolate products during the coronavirus lockdowns.
On Thursday, Twitter Inc disappointed Wall Street by lowered estimates for its quarterly revenue despite surging usage, blaming the coronavirus-caused economic slowdown that hit the firm's events-oriented digital advertising business.
Late on Wednesday, Microsoft's flagship cloud business Azure posted its first quarterly sales growth below 50%. The event caused a stock price drop of 2%.
The Swiss drug maker Roche announced on Thursday that despite the coronavirus epidemic the company would keep its 2020 financial targets.
On Thursday, the Minister of Economy of France Bruno Le Maire stated that the country expects 8% GDP growth in 2021.
The US oil major ConocoPhillips agreed to buy land from Kelt Exploration in Canadian Montney formation within a $375M deal.