European markets are expected to decline slightly ahead of the US jobs report. The Eurostoxx 50 opened at 4,098.34 points (+2.14%), the CAC 40 at 6,600.19 points (+1.65%), the DAX 40 at 15,250.86 points (+1.85%), the FTSE 100 at 7,078.04 points (+1.17%), the SMI at 11,763.64 points (+1.68%), the AEX  at 777.18 points (+2.10%), the BEL 20 at 4,152.40 points (+1.28%), the IBEX 35 at 8,962.80 points (+2.14%), the DJIA at 34,754.94 points (+0.98%), the Nasdaq at 14,654.02 points (+1.05%), the S&P 500 at 4,399.76 points (+0.83%) and the Nikkei 225 at 28,179.72 points with an increase of 1.81%.

 Regarding exchange rates, the change from the close in New York indicates that EUR/USD at 1.1551 (-0.02%), EUR/JPY at 129.25 (+0.22%) and USD/JPY at 111.91 up 0.24%.

European equity markets are expected to open slightly lower on Friday, ahead of the release of the monthly report on nonfarm employment in the United States and after the U.S. Senate vote to raise the federal government's debt ceiling through December. At 7:25 a.m., the CAC 40 futures contract was down 13 points, or 0.2%, according to data from broker IG Markets. The DAX contract lost 27 points, or 0.2%, and the FTSE 100 contract fell 8 points, or 0.1%. The Senate passed a bill on Thursday night that will increase the U.S. debt ceiling by $480 billion, the amount the Treasury deems necessary to cover the country's financing needs until December 3. Reassured by the agreement between Republicans and Democrats, Wall Street ended higher on Thursday. The Dow Jones Index (DJIA) gained 1% to 34,754.94 points, and the broader S&P 500 Index gained 0.8% to 4,399.76 points. The Nasdaq Composite gained 1.1%. Investors' attention is now turning to the Labor Department's report on non-farm payroll employment in the U.S. in September. Economists polled by the Wall Street Journal expect an average of 500,000 new jobs last month, compared to 235,000 in August, and a decline in the unemployment rate to 5.1%, from 5.2% in August. In Asia, markets are moving in a dispersed order. At the end of the session in Tokyo, the Nikkei index gained 1.7%, in the wake of the rise in US markets on Thursday. In contrast, the Hong Stock Exchange's Hang Seng Index lost 0.2%, after China's central bank announced a tightening of regulations for digital players, especially in the online payments segment. For its first session after a week of closure for the Chinese National Day, the Shanghai Composite Index advanced 0.3%. Activity in the services sector recovered in China in September, according to the index released Friday by Caisin Media and IHS Markit, which rose to 53.4 from 46.7 in August.

Sus. Treasury bond yields rose on Thursday, allowing ten- and 30-year yields to reach their highest level since June, while U.S. equity markets gained ground, buoyed by the congressional vote on the debt ceiling and the decline in weekly applications for unemployment benefits. Friday at 7:25 am, the yield on the ten-year Treasury bonds, the market benchmark, continued to rise, standing at 1.591%, against 1.577% Thursday night.

The euro moves little Friday against the dollar after the US Senate vote on the short-term debt ceiling.

Oil contracts are advancing Friday morning after the U.S. Department of Energy denied considering drawing on the U.S. strategic reserve, ANZ said. At 7:20 a.m., the December contract for North Sea Brent was gaining $1, at $82.95 a barrel. The November contract for light sweet crude (WTI) listed on the Nymex was up $1.11, at $79.41 a barrel.