MARKET VIEW

🟢Euro STOXX 50 futures were up 1 point at 5,644, FTSE futures lost 13.5 points to 9,545 and German DAX futures fell 2 points to 24,767, by 0430 GMT.

🟢Asian stocks limped towards the end of the week on a shaky footing as declines on Wall Street lingered into early trading, while commodity markets took a breather after their recent charge higher.

🟢Oil prices declined slightly after settling 1.6% lower in the previous session as the market's risk premium faded after Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a plan to end the war in Gaza.

GLOBAL TOP NEWS

🟢Israel's government ratified a ceasefire with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, clearing the way to suspend hostilities in Gaza within 24 hours and free Israeli hostages held there within 72 hours after that.

🟢A group planning attacks on Belgian politicians, including Prime Minister Bart de Wever, has been thwarted, the public prosecutor's office and deputy prime minister Maxime Prevot said on Thursday.

🟢A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of hundreds of National Guard soldiers in Illinois, five days after another U.S. judge blocked a similar deployment in Portland, Oregon.