Global Market Overview 9:17pm

S&P 500 hits fresh record high

Dollar reaches three-year peak

EQUITIES 9:30pm

S&P 500 closes week at record high

Fourth consecutive week of gains

COMMODITIES 12:12am

Gold under pressure as investors flee

Precious metal hits one-month low as investors turned to equities

CURRENCIES 11:28pm

Dollar recovers to approach three-year high

Boost from hopes over early end to easing and economy’s strength

EQUITIES 11:22pm

RBS leads the FTSE 100 risers

London market nears touching distance of 13-year high

EQUITIES 11:36pm

Car sales drive five-year high closer

FTSE Eurofirst 300 benchmark advances 1.2 per cent