Stocks are set to extend their biggest gain since the November election with jobs and retails sales data in focus.

Sterling fell against the dollar and its outlook remains negative after Thursday’s weaker-than-expected U.K. economic growth data, Swissquote Bank said.

Asian stocks followed suit on Thursday, with MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan up 1.2% ...

On the back of positive global cues, the Indian indices opened higher and pushed Nifty index to the day's high of 23,391.65, ...