Five Things Everyone Will Be Talking About Today
It's a busy end to the week, and we have a busy weekend ahead
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Chinese stocks get clobbered, Euro area lending grows and Tesco does less badly than expected. Here are some of the things leading market conversations today.
Chinese stocks plunged by the most in five months in Friday's session with the Shanghai Composite Index dropping by 7.4 percent and the Shenzhen Composite Index falling 7.9 percent at the close. The rout was led by technology and smaller companies, bringing the fall in the Shenzhen index to 20 percent from its peak earlier this month.