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*Wall Street set to open weaker, European shares weaken. LONDON, April 5- European shares extended their losses, Wall Street was poised to open lower and Treasury bonds rose on Friday after a U.S. jobs report revealed a hiring slowdown in March, raising fears that the economic recovery was losing momentum.
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*Plunge in Korea, China pulls MSCI Asia ex- Japan down 1.1 pct. TOKYO, April 5- Asian shares hit a three-month low on Friday as concerns over bird flu in China and escalating tensions in the Korean peninsula unsettled investors as they counted down to potentially pivotal U.S. payrolls data out later in the session.
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*Gold hits 10- month low as dollar strengthens. LONDON, April 4- The yen sank on Thursday after the Bank of Japan unveiled a bold plan to pump money into the economy, while Europe's main share indexes and the euro held steady after the European Central Bank left policy unchanged.
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*MSCI Asia ex- Japan down 0.7 pct, N.Korea steps up rhetoric. TOKYO, April 4- Japanese stocks and government bonds rallied while the yen slipped more than 1 percent against the dollar and the euro after the Bank of Japan took strong easing steps on Thursday, but other Asian equities fell on worries over the U.S. economy.
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*Vodafone hit as takeover speculation dented. Shares in telecoms heavyweight Vodafone fell 2.4 percent after its U.S. partner Verizon denied reports of a joint bid for the UK firm with AT&T, denting expectations that had helped the shares rise nearly 14 percent since early March.
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London, April 2- European shares recovered from a two-week slide on Tuesday and the euro steadied as fears of a resurgence in the region's debt crisis emanating from Cyprus receded. Across Europe Paris's CAC-40 and Frankfurt's DAX were up 1.2 percent, while Spain's IBEX gained 0.7 percent and Italy's FTSE MIB 0.7 percent.
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*Vodafone surges 5 percent on renewed M&A talk. Vodafone, the world's second largest mobile operator, surged 5 percent, boosted by a report saying U.S. firms Verizon Communications and AT&T have been working together on a break-up bid for the British group.
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*Vodafone boosted by renewed M&A talk. PARIS, April 2- European shares rose in early trade on Tuesday following a long holiday weekend, with UK telecom group Vodafone boosted by renewed M&A talk.
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SYDNEY, March 28- Australian shares are likely to open lower on Thursday, the last day of trade before the Easter holiday, following a subdued session on Wall Street amid ongoing concerns about the Cyprus financial crisis.
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*FTSE 100 closes down 0.2 percent. *Cyprus banks set to re-open on Thursday. "Tight capital controls in Cyprus will likely prevent the hemorrhaging of funds in the short term," Matt Basi, head of Premium client management at CMC Markets, said.
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Sandy Jadeja, chief market strategist at SignalPro, gives CNBC a technical look at whether the bull market is running out of steam, focusing on the recent fortunes of the FTSE and the Dow.
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*Europe looks cheap vs U.S. stocks at record highs. This should help Europe- listed house builders and healthcare firms, which have significant U.S. business and whose shares look cheap relative to U.S. peers.
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*Europe looks cheap vs U.S. stocks at record highs. This should help Europe- listed house builders and healthcare firms, which have significant U.S. business and whose shares look cheap relative to U.S. peers.
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*FTSE 100 up 0.1 percent. *TUI Travel tops gainers after confident update. rose 3.3 percent, rebounding after a writedown made it the top FTSE faller on Tuesday, with traders citing renewed takeover speculation.
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LONDON, March 27- Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening up between 12 and 20 points, or as much as 0.3 percent higher on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers, with futures on the index firming by 0.3 percent ahead of the open.
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Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening up between 12 and 20 points, or as much as 0.3 percent higher on Wednesday, according to financial bookmakers.
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PARIS, March 27- European stocks are set to rise on Wednesday, extending the previous session's gains and tracking a rally on Wall Street, where robust data on home prices and manufacturing fuelled optimism about the pace of the economic recovery. ,for UK's FTSE 100, for Germany's DAX and for France's CAC were up 0.3-0.5 percent.
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SYDNEY, March 27- Australian shares rose 0.9 percent on Wednesday, their biggest percentage rise in nearly two weeks, led by financials and miners as broader sentiment was underpinned by a record close for Wall Street's Dow Jones Industrial Average. Blue-chip miners BHP Billiton Ltd.
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ZURICH, March 27- Swiss stocks were set to trade higher at the open on Wednesday, in line with other European exchanges after positive U.S housing and durable goods data brought some respite to markets still fretting over the Cyprus bailout. The Swiss Bank said on Wednesday it will buy Morgan Stanley's.
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TAIPEI, March 27- Taiwan stocks rose 0.5 percent on Wednesday, with Hon Hai Precision. The Taiwan dollar inched up T $0.007 to stand at T $29.884 to the U.S. dollar. ASIA-PACIFIC STOCK MARKET REPORTS: Japan..........