Prosecutors in Milan are probing allegations of false accounting in relation to the crisis of Italian life insurer Eurovita, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Friday.
Global shares stocks were firmer on Friday after data showed that inflation in the euro zone continued to fall this month, and attention turned to U.S. prices figures before the opening bell on Wall Streeet.
U.S. equity funds attracted inflows during the week ending June 28, buoyed by positive growth expectations as robust economic indicators eased concerns about higher borrowing costs.
Following the busiest quarter on record, activist investors slowed down in the second three months of 2023 but are expected to mount more high-profile campaigns in the second half amid pent-up demand for acquisitions and a new way of voting.
The yen briefly weakened past the closely watched 145 per dollar level on Friday although traders' fears of intervention by Japanese authorities kept it in check, while the dollar was also strong more broadly ahead of U.S. inflation data.
The Dutch government on Friday announced new rules restricting exports of certain advanced semiconductor equipment, a move that comes amid U.S. pressure on its allies to curb sales of high-tech components to China.
Bausch + Lomb Corp will purchase a dry-eye drug from Swiss pharma company Novartis for $1.75 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, as the contact lens maker seeks to capitalise on a growing market for the disease's treatment.
The last rates based on the tarnished London Interbank Offer Rate, or Libor, were published on Friday, marking a mostly quiet end of a nearly decade-long effort to move away from what was once dubbed the world's most important number.
Global investors turned net buyers of equity funds in the week to June 28 as solid economic readings fuelled hopes of U.S. growth, while China's policy measures to bolster its economy further boosted sentiment.
