Euro Markets Cautious Ahead of U.S. Payroll Numbers
DEBORAH MARCHINI, CNN ANCHOR: U.S. stock futures in pretty much of a holding pattern this morning, ahead of that employment report. And it seems to be the same story in Europe.</s>DAVID HAFFENREFFER, CNN ANCHOR: And our Todd Benjamin is standing by, now, in our London bureau with the very latest -- Todd.</s>TODD BENJAMIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Mixed bag here on this Friday. I think there is some caution ahead of those payroll numbers out of the U.S., because, at least Germany and Paris were higher and actually, now, we've got Frankfurt in negative territory. Let's go to the numbers for you. The latest: FTSE is up just over a quarter percent; you've got the Dax down a third of a percent; Paris is up a third of a percent, but it had been up well over one percent earlier; and Zurich is down a third of a percent. Some stocks on the move this morning: Technology, again, having a better day, as it did yesterday. Baltimore Technologies, that's an Internet security firm leading the pack, here, in London, it's up 11 percent; Sion, the computer hand held -- maker of hand-held computers, it's up just over 10 percent; Alcatel, which trades in the U.S., watch for that one, it's up 10 percent after it said that first quarter earnings will be above expectations; Canal Plus, the media company in Paris, up nearly five percent; France Telecom up three percent, of course, that trades in the U.S. as well. We got SAP, which trades in the U.S., it's up almost 2 1/2 percent; and Deutsche Telekom is up one percent. In the currency market: Very quiet, with the exception, maybe, of the pound, it's up about a third of a cent. And, basically, it's dead in the oil-trading market, here in London, at $23.47 a barrel. Back to you in New York.</s>MARCHINI: All right, Todd, see you later. Search CNN.com CNNSI.com CNNmoney.com The Web