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Global markets were mixed overnight as investors on Wall Street await US corporate earnings season which kicks off this week.

Global markets were higher on Friday as US shares were boosted by better-than-expected job growth in March (with the unemployment rate holding near a 49-year low), which eased concerns of an economic slowdown

Global markets were mixed overnight, as the US market hovered near highs. Losses in technology stocks countered by gains in Boeing and Facebook, as investors waited for more clarity on the US-China trade talks. 

The NZ market continues to surge, with the NZX at a record high and close to the 10,000 index level. The ASX also traded higher for the 6th day in a row, as investors digested a Reserve Bank decision as well as the Federal Budget on “Super Tuesday” which

Global markets were higher on Friday following signs of progress in US-China trade talks, while the British pound fell after lawmakers rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit agreement for the third time. 

Global markets rallied overnight, as upbeat manufacturing numbers from the US & China eased worries about slowing economic growth.

The latest US economic growth (GDP) figures showed that in the 4th quarter of 2018 there was a notable 0.4% downward revision of growth from 2.6% to 2.2%

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand kept the official cash rate on hold at 1.75 percent but changed its language to say it now expects to cut rates.

Global markets were higher overnight, with Wall Street’s main indexes rising as Apple and chipmakers boosted technology shares, while higher oil prices lifted energy companies.