CHINA - AFRICA SUMMIT
Beijing pledges $10 billion in aid
China pledged 10 billion dollars in concessional loans to African countries and promised to cancel all debts at the start of the two-day Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Egypt.
STOCK MARKETS - FRIDAY AT 10 PM GMT

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) was up at the end of the day despite disapointing US labor market report. The Dow Jones gained 0.18 percent while the Nasdaq was also up 0.33 percent.

The Paris CAC 40 was essentially flat at closing, dipping 0.04 percent.

In London, the FTSE 100 index of top shares had gained 0.33 percent to 5,142.72 points at the end of trading on Friday. In Frankfurt, the DAX 30 aslo ended up, gaining 0.13 percent to 5,488.55 points.

At the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), Japan's Nikkei share average closed up 0.7 percent on Friday, led by technology and retail stocks.

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