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Bonds: Russian debt extends gains
These were the movements in some of the most widely-followed 10 year sovereign bond yields:.
FX round-up: Sterling gains on the back of August construction PMI
Cable gained at the end of the week following the release of an upbeat reading on the country´s construction sector.
Commodities: Russia ready to freeze oil output, Putin says, calling for talks
Explicit support from Russian president Vladimir Putin for a crude oil output freeze agreement by the world´s largest producers stoked gains in energy futures markets.
US close: Stocks gain after jobs report, ahead of long weekend
Wall Street closed higher after the latest monthly jobs numbers left economists divided as to whether it took away from the Fed´s arguments to go ahead and hike rates at its 20-21 September meeting.
Sunday newspaper round-up: IPO frenzy, sterling shorts, M&S, Morrisons
The City of London is girding itself for a £30bn frenzy of initial public offers (IPOs) in coming months as backers look to profit from the London stock market's impressive recovery since the Brexit vote. Flotations including the £10bn City debut of mobile operator O2, a £1. 5bn issue for online bookmaker SkyBet, £5bn banking software provider Misys, £3bn for medical products maker Convatec and £2bn floats for cinema chain Vue and car parts maker TI Automotive, according to sources cited by the Sunday Telegraph,.
Sunday share tips: Stagecoach, Be Heard Group, GKN
Shares in Stagecoach are worth holding despite falling 38% over the last 12 months, said the Sunday Times' Inside the City column, which pondered whether much more of a fall could see founder Brian Souter take the business private again. There are a few possible reasons for the collapsing shape price, not least that three of the transport group's UK rail franchises are up for renewal in the next couple of years. It would be very impressive to retain all three, especially as the company's bid for the East Coast franchise has proved wildly over-played, which itself has also hit the shares.