France's equity benchmark CAC 40 has moved higher in cautious trading on Friday as investors await the crucial U.S. non-farm payroll data that could provide some clued about the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision at its upcoming monetary policy meeting.Investors are also following the developments on the geopolitical front.The CAC 40 was up 63.18 points or 0.77% at 8,306.65 a few minutes past noon,L'Oreal, the top gainer in the benchmark index, moved up 4.7%. BNP Paribas surged 3.3%, and Hermes Inter ...

US stock futures sank on Monday while bitcoin's (BTC-USD) slump deepened, as Wall Street's strong late-November rebound looked set to hit a speed bump on the first trading day of December. Tech led the retreat, with Nasdaq 100 futures (NQ=F) down around 1% and those on the S&P 500 (ES=F) dropping roughly 0.7%. Contracts on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) slid 0.5%, after the blue-chip benchmark led Wall Street indexes to a fifth day of gains on Friday. All the "Magnificent Seven" megacap stocks ...

Markets are closely watching the debate over the central bank's next interest rate decision. Al Drago / Bloomberg via Getty Images Close Key Takeaways The Fed's dual mandate from Congress requires it to keep inflation low and employment high; officials are sharply divided about whether high inflation or the threat of mass layoffs poses the bigger threat to the economy right now. The 43-day government shutdown that ended last week delayed or cancelled much of the data Fed officials need to make that decisi ...