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Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 57 points lower at 6,155 on Friday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures down 1.2% ahead of cash markets open.

South African department stores chain Woolworths Holdings flagged a small fall in annual sales after its non-food stores were shut in the second-half of its financial year due to COVID-19 lockdowns.

British Airways owner International Airlines Group on Friday said it had signed a multi-year renewal agreement with American Express, extending its worldwide commercial partnership with the payments company.

European planemaker Airbus on Friday made what it described as a final step aimed at halting a transatlantic trade war over billions of dollars of aircraft subsidies.

China has returned in full force to the U.S. soybean market following the trade dispute that began two years ago, giving American exporters hope that the upcoming shipping season will be their most successful in three years.

South African retailer Woolworths Holdings flagged a marginal decline in annual sales as its stores were shut in the second-half of the financial year due to COVID-19 lockdowns.

Emerging Asian stock markets sank but currencies were mixed against a weakened U.S. dollar on Friday as China made a tit-for-tat move by ordering the U.S. consulate in Chengdu to shut, stoking fears over relations between the world's two largest economies.

Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening 57 points lower at 6,155 on Friday, according to financial bookmakers.

France's Thales slashed financial forecasts for the year on Friday after seeing its profits fall by more than half in the first half, "heavily impacted" by the coronavirus crisis.

Australians' deepening raid on their pension funds is driving a surge in debt repayments, which analysts say makes for a double-whammy on the domestic stock market and its dominant big banks as the country sinks into its first recession in a generation.

Brooks Brothers said on Thursday it entered into a $305 million "stalking horse" purchase agreement with retailer SPARC Group LLC, in a move that could preserve the apparel brand as a going concern and help its operations in at least 125 stores.

An international team examining the black boxes from a Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran has completed preliminary analysis of the data in France, Canada's Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday.

China has returned in full force to the U.S. soybean market following the trade dispute that began two years ago, giving American exporters hope that the upcoming shipping season will be their most successful in three years.

An international team examining the black boxes from a Ukrainian jet accidentally shot down by Iran has completed preliminary analysis of the data in France, Canada's Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday.

A U.S. judge has granted Mexican airline Aeromexico the right to return at least 19 leased aircraft as part of its bankruptcy restructuring process, according to court documents published on Thursday.

Two of Boeing Co's biggest commercial airline customers said on Thursday they are still committed to the 737 MAX despite delays in its return to flight and the coronavirus pandemic, though the head of Southwest Airlines said contracts need to be "completely reset."

Dryness in northern and central Argentina is affecting the development of recently planted wheat fields, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said on Thursday, having twice cut its planting estimate in recent weeks due to persistently bad weather.

French Junior Economy Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher on Thursday urged planemaker Airbus to protect as many jobs as possible, keeping up pressure on the company to try and avoid making compulsory job cuts.

Spirit Airlines has reached an agreement with Europe's Airbus to defer aircraft deliveries during 2020 and 2021, as the coronavirus pandemic weighs on travel demand, Chief Financial Officer Scott Haralson said on Thursday.

Transat AT said on Thursday its commercial flights took to the air after being grounded for four months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.