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European stocks poised to open lower as investors assess region's economic state

The IPO by the firm jointly owned by India's ICICI Bank and UK's Prudential, was priced at 2,165 rupees per share at the upper end of the price band.

European Union countries have agreed to allocate 90 billion euros ($105.5 billion) in aid to Ukraine for 2026 and 2027, the EU Council President said on Friday.

The hike comes against the backdrop of rising inflation and a weak Japanese economy.

The suspected gunman, Claudio Manuel Nueves Valente, 48, had been a graduate students in physics at Brown University in the early 2000s, authorities said.

Severe issues in China and a weak outlook discouraged investors, sending Nike shares down sharply.

The U.S. inflation numbers in November looked encouraging, with annual headline rate coming in 0.4 percentage points less than expected. But it's noisy.

Asia-Pacific markets were set to rise as investors on looked toward the Bank of Japan decision coming out later in the day.

Core inflation, which strips out prices of fresh food, remained unchanged from 3% in October, and came in line with Reuters-polled economists' average estimate.

FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam reviewed his company's quarter in an interview with CNBC's Jim Cramer.