European and US futures are trading lower on the second last day of the week as traders and investors digest the current earnings' season while keeping a close eye on the economic data, which is very much not going to shape the monetary policy of central banks, but it could also provide a massive tailwind for the equity markets in...

* Interest rate markets digest slowdown in US GDP growth rate * Mining sector M&A lifts FTSE to all-time high * Yen drops to latest 34-year low (Updated at 2:34 p.m. ET (1834 GMT) By Chris Prentice and Marc Jones NEW YORK/LONDON, April 25 (Reuters) - Stocks snapped a three-day winning streak on Thursday as disappointing forecasts from Facebook and...

11:06 AM EDT, 04/25/2024 (MT Newswires) -- European equities traded in the US as American depositary receipts were trending modestly higher Thursday morning, rising 0.24% to 1,364.10 on the S&P Europe Select ADR Index. From continental Europe, the gainers were led by consumer goods company Unilever ( UL ) and pharmaceutical company Sanofi ( SNY ) , which rose 5.5%...

* Interest rate markets digest slowdown in US GDP growth rate * Mining sector M&A lifts FTSE to new all-time high * Yen drops to latest 34-year low * Graphic: World FX rates http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh (Updated at 11:02 a.m. ET (1502 GMT).) By Chris Prentice and Marc Jones NEW YORK/LONDON, April 25 (Reuters) - Stocks snapped a three-day winning streak on...