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Source: Sharecast At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.51% at 53,414.25, while the S&P 500 shed 0.38% to 7,718.60 and the Nasdaq Composite saw out the session 0.29% softer at 26,506.99.

Source: Sharecast The FTSE 100 closed steady at 10,831.09, while Brent crude was up 0.1% at $95.60 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate was 0.4% lower at $90.97. Figures released earlier by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed the US economy added 162,000 jobs in August, coming in well above consensus expectations for a 55,000 increase. The data also showed an additional 55,000 of upward revisions to June and July.

Source: Sharecast Equity view BHP said on Friday that it "regularly explores options that may create long-term value to its shareholders" following a report that steelmaker China Baowu Steel Group is considering taking a stake in the company’s Jimblebar iron ore mine in Western Australia.

Source: Sharecast On Monday, investors will turn their attention full-year results from Ashmore and half-year results from Standard Life. German industrial production figures for July will also be released, along with eurozone second-quarter GDP data. Tuesday will bring full-year results from homeware retailer Dunelm and half-year results from Computacenter.

Source: Sharecast The pan-European Stoxx 600 benchmark settled 0.1% higher, with flat finishes in London and Zurich met with losses in Milan (-0.3%) and Paris (-0.1%) and gains in Frankfurt (+0.2%). US non-farm payrolls came in hotter than expected in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, rising by 162,000 against economists' expectations for a 53,000 increase.

Source: Sharecast The survey, which was conducted between 7 and 21 August, showed realised annual own-price growth fell to 3.7% in the three months to August, from 3.8% in the three months to July, while firms' expectations for their own-price inflation over the coming year also eased by 0.1 percentage points to 3.8%. Expectations for broader consumer price inflation fell more sharply, with year-ahead CPI inflation expectations declining to 3.1% from 3.4% the month before.

Source: Sharecast Oxford Nanopore shares fell as investors took profits on the back of strong gains earlier in the week. Shares in Rosebank Industries fell after a jump on Thursday when the industrial group said it was trading ahead of recently upgraded full-year forecasts, with its acquired businesses making faster-than-expected operational progress.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies revealed on Friday that chief financial officer Nick Keher had acquired 15,325 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed molecular sensing technology developer. Source: Sharecast Keher, who took over as CFO in January 2024, purchased the shares at an average price of 162.26p each, for a total value of £24,867.08. As of 1530 BST, Oxford Nanopore shares were down 7.16% at 160.90p.

Source: Sharecast As of 1500 BST, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.35% at 53,500.84, while the S&P 500 shed 0.10% to 7,739.72 and the Nasdaq Composite came out of the gate 0.12% firmer at 26,616.84.

Source: Sharecast The AIM-listed oil and gas company issued the statement following media reports and an update from Sea Lion operator Navitas Petroleum. Navitas said the Sea Lion partnership operates under valid petroleum licences granted by the Falkland Islands government, with the “full and ongoing support” of the UK government.