*Shrinking factory activity in China limits oil demand growth. SINGAPORE, May 24- Crude futures are set to post their biggest weekly loss in five weeks, with Brent edging down toward $102 per barrel on Friday, as ample supply and a slow global economic recovery fuelled worries that demand for oil would be hit.
At 0603 GMT, futures for Euro STOXX 50, for UK's FTSE 100, for Germany's DAX and for France's CAC were up 0.1-0.5 percent.
*Shrinking factory activity in China limits oil demand growth. SINGAPORE, May 24- Crude futures are set to post their biggest weekly loss in five weeks, with Brent edging down toward $102 per barrel on Friday, as ample supply and a slow global economic recovery fuelled worries that demand for oil would be hit.
*Shrinking factory activity in China limits oil demand growth. SINGAPORE, May 24- Crude futures are set to post their biggest weekly loss in five weeks, with Brent edging down toward $102 per barrel on Friday, as ample supply and a slow global economic recovery fuelled worries that demand for oil would be hit.
SINGAPORE, May 24- London copper futures edged higher on Friday after falling the most in three weeks the session before on signs that growth had stalled in top consumer China.
SINGAPORE, May 24- London copper futures edged higher on Friday after falling the most in three weeks the session before on signs that growth had stalled in top consumer China. *The most-traded September copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was little changed at 52,680 yuan a tonne.
PERTH, May 24- U.S. crude futures dropped to around $94 a barrel on Friday after disappointing China data and on lingering concerns the U.S. July oil futures contract had fallen 9 cents to $94.16 a barrel by 0038 GMT.
CHICAGO, May 23- CBOE Holdings Inc will expand trading hours for futures on the CBOE Volatility Index later this year, after a technical glitch delayed the change, the company's incoming chief executive said on Thursday. CBOE, operator of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, earlier this month said it was indefinitely deferring plans to increase trading hours.
*China manufacturing data shows contraction. NEW YORK, May 23- U.S. stock index futures fell on Thursday, putting the S&P 500 on track for its first daily back-to-back declines in a month, amid investor concerns the U.S. Federal Reserve may begin to taper its stimulus measures and over weak data in China.
*China manufacturing data shows contraction. NEW YORK, May 23- U.S. stock index futures fell on Thursday, putting the S&P 500 on track for its first daily back-to-back declines in a month, amid investor concerns the U.S. Federal Reserve may begin to taper its stimulus measures and over weak data in China.
TOKYO, May 23- Japan's Nikkei index stock futures briefly dropped below 14,000 in after-hours trade, indicating possibly a further decline in the cash market on Friday after a 7.3- percent dive on Thursday. The index futures was last down 2.8 percent at 14,180. That compared with the benchmark Nikkei's close of 14,483.98 on Thursday.
CHENNAI, India, May 23- Brent crude futures shed a dollar on Thursday to trade below $102 a barrel in a broad-based commodities sell-off, as data cast doubt on recovery in key consumer China and on worries about an early scale-back in Federal Reserve stimulus.
*Copper rallied to $7,533.75 a tonne in the previous session, its highest since April 12, but remains mired in losses of 7 percent for the year. *The most-traded September copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange lost 0.75 percent to 53,080 yuan a tonne.
*MSCI Asia Pacific ex- Japan falls but Nikkei climbs. SINGAPORE, May 23- Japanese government bond prices dived and 10- year JGB futures tumbled a full point, prompting the Tokyo Stock Exchange to temporarily suspend trade as the dollar hit a near three-year high versus a basket of currencies on Thursday.
PERTH, May 23- U.S. crude futures prices dropped to around $94 a barrel on Thursday after data showing U.S. gasoline supplies rose and on concerns that the U.S. July oil futures contract fell 26 cents to $94.02 a barrel by 0035 GMT. *Brent also dropped 26 cents to $102.34 a barrel.