Nikkei climbs to 3-week high; reduced Fed worries, data lift mood

Fri Jun 28, 2013 7:07am BST

TOKYO, June 28 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average rose
3.5 percent to a three-week high on Friday, helped by optimism
that the U.S. Federal Reserve will not soon rein in its stimulus
measures and by encouraging Japanese economic data.

Gains in Asian markets also lifted the mood as the benchmark
Nikkei ended 463.77 points higher at 13,677.32, a level
unseen since June 5.

The broader Topix gained 3.2 percent to 1,133.84.

FTSE edges down, heads for monthly fall

LONDON | Fri Jun 28, 2013 11:51am BST
(Reuters) - The FTSE 100 edged lower on Friday, putting it on track for its first monthly fall in over a year as uncertainty over future central bank stimulus dented sentiment.

The blue-chip FTSE 100 index, which raced to a 13-year high of 6,875.62 points in late May, was down by 0.1 percent, or 5.51 points, at 6,237.89 points in mid-session trade.

CAD GDP m/m 0.1% 0.1% 0.2%

CAD RMPI m/m 0.2% 0.5% -2.2%

CAD IPPI m/m 0.0% 0.7% -0.8%

Chicago PMI 51.6 55.5 58.7

USD Revised UoM Consumer Sentiment 84.1 83.1 82.7

USD Revised UoM Inflation Expectations 3.0% 3.2%