MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe rose for a 10th straight session on Friday and hit another record high as investors anticipated new fiscal aid from Washington to help the U.S. economy recover, while benchmark U.S. Treasury yields rose to their highest levels since.
The Russian rouble weakened on Friday, pressured by lingering geopolitical concerns about Moscow's relations with the West, as the market awaited a central bank board meeting where it is expected to keep interest rates unchanged.
The European Union hopes to start giving out money from its 750 billion euros coronavirus economic recovery fund before the end of September, the bloc's top officials said on Friday as they finalised approval of the landmark stimulus.