Data released by the Census Bureau showed that new US residential sales came in at an annual rate of 618K, missing expectations for a 621K pace.
The Census Bureau reported on Friday that the US-made durable goods orders surged 3.1% in February, following a 3.6% drop registered in the preceding month.
According to the data released by Statistics Canada, the state's CPI grew 0.6% over the course of February, topping analysts' expectations for a 0.4% uptick.
Carrefour stated on Friday it had cooperated with Google to develop an online voice assistant "Lea" to battle its rival US retailer Amazon.
Shares in Tencent plunged over 4% on Friday, after its biggest shareholder Naspers had reduced its stake for the first time in almost 20 years; a move that caused a $51B loss in the company's market value in two days.
The US House Energy and Commerce Committee called on Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify on the social media platform's use of personal data.
On Friday, Italy's Parliament gathered for a meeting for the first time since the government had held national election in the beginning of March, which resulted in no clear majority.
On Friday, Ireland has chosen Goldman Sachs Management, VlackRock Investment Management and Amundi to manage around $18.5B in disputed Apple taxes, which Brussels collects from the tech giant.
The grocery chain Kroger is in talks with the department store operator Target over possible merger, according to the Fast Company magazine's report on Friday.
The Chinese Defence Ministry condemned the United States on Friday for carrying out navy operations in the disputed South China Sea, which were not discussed with China.
Ukraine is planning to clinch a deal with France to buy helicopters, the Ukrainian and French Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and Jean-Yves Le Drain stated at a joint briefing in Kiev.
South Korea and Vietnam have agreed to increase their bilateral trade by 50% during the following two years to $100B.
The Japanese car manufacturer Nissan Motor Co plans to sell 1M electric vehicles every year by 2022, thus seeing a six-fold increase from the number of units sold in 2017.
The Israeli social trading firm eToro raised $100M in private funding, bringing the total of funds raised to $162M, while the investment round had been led by China Minsheng Financial.
The President Donald Trump is seen to sign a $1.3-trillion funding bill that implies a surge in non-defence and military spending into a law, after the US Congress has approved it early on Friday.
The Japanese company Toshiba is likely to seek alternatives such as IPO, as there is a high possibility to miss the Friday deadline on winning the China's antitrust approval for selling its $18B chip unit.
On Friday, the British Prime Minister Theresa May stated that Britain and the EU bloc had made a significant progress in the Brexit talks, seeking for negotiations on future economic partnership.
The former Wynn Resorts CEO Steve Wynn sold his 11.8% stake in the company for $2.1B in a dramatic casino and hotel enterprise exit.
China's senior diplomat Yang Jiechi is set to arrive in South Africa this week, first trip by a Chinese official after its government's reshuffle, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
Regulators of Malta have frozen all the operations of Pilatus Bank, following an arrest of its chairman for the alleged US sanctions breach.
EU officials called on social networks to take care of users' privacy and guarantee personal information protection on the back of allegations that Facebook mishandled its users' data.
On Friday, the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel highlighted the possibility of implementing further punitive measures against Russia over the nerve agent attack in Salisbury.
The President of Mexico Enrique Pena Nieto defended his energy reform, saying that the rollback of it would result in a loss of billions of dollars.
Late on Thursday, the Kentucky Senate passed a bill aimed to impose limitations on abortions once the patient reaches the 11th week of pregnancy.