Global stock markets were mostly higher Friday as investors awaited key U.S. economic data, they hope will be added to further enhance the world's largest economy recover evidence.
Investors hope that U.S. manufacturing activity has been found to increase, indicating that industrial production rebounded last month after the Institute for Supply Management's report presented.
"God," DBS Bank in Singapore economists wrote in a research report. They noted that the report from other recent upbeat U.S. data, including better-than-expected growth in the second quarter, after a surge in durable goods orders.
"Non-farm payrolls and the unemployment rate tap today, if these green shoots - or in the case of the ISM rocket ship - spilled into the labor market, there's a party at the Fed, while Pennsylvania Avenue. Wall Street."
In early European trading, Germany's DAX index rose 0.1 percent to 8,415.49 points, while the French CAC 40 index rose 0.1 percent, to 4,043.37. Leading UK FTSE 100 company edged up to 6,683.40.
U.S. stocks are expected to rise. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.1 percent, to 15,568.00 points, while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index futures rose 0.1 percent, at 1,701.90.
Asian stock markets closed higher. Japan's Nikkei 225 index rose 3.3 percent, to 14,466.16 points, weaker yen boosted exporters. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 0.5 percent to 22,190.97 points, while in mainland China, the Shanghai Composite Index rose less than 0.1 percent, to 2,029.42.
South Korea's Kospi rose 0.1 percent to 1,923.38, Australia's S & P / ASX 200 index rose 1.1% to 5,116.80 points. In Singapore, Taiwan and New Zealand benchmarks also rose. Benchmarks in the Philippines and Thailand fell.
Investors also pay close attention to the results posted on the corporate earnings season so far, to get a better idea of ??how, for example, the economic slowdown is playing out in China, the world's second largest economy. The latest sign that China's economic uncertainty is last Thursday, China's official manufacturing activity unexpectedly rose although the investigation is still weak.
"Essentially, the report will be negative macro sentiment season really like the people on the ground is expected to affect the company, said:" The three music bighorn, Macquarie Funds Group Senior Asian Equity Fund Manager of the test.
"So far, we have seen the results above expectations, the stock is expected to do anything beyond, you will see a rebound quite positive, saying:" Le Bighorn.
Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., controlled by billionaire Li Ka-shing, rose 4.2 percent after first-half profit rose nearly a quarter over the previous year.
Sony Corp. rose 0.7 percent in Tokyo after the Japanese electronics giants in the January-June period in 2012 after the loss of a turnaround.
Benchmark crude for August delivery rose 27 cents to $ 108.15 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange electronic trading. In the New York Mercantile Exchange on Thursday, the contract rose $ 1.86 to settle at $ 107.89 a barrel.
In currencies, the euro fell to $ 1.3217 from $ 1.3226 late Thursday. Dollar edged up to 99.61 yen from 99.49 yen.
 



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