Japan is only Asian market down atm (Nikkei - 0.70%) after worse than expected QoQ GDP earlier this morning. Shanghai (+1.69%) & Hang Seng (+1.90%) after newspaper 'South China Morning Post' reported that Beijing was 'quietly offering financial stimulus' to key cities and provinces to support local economies.
On the local front MON posted a 48% jump in first-half earnings with yet another new high reached on Thursday, also new highs for NAS, MTN, SOL, TKG (please add if you want to, I'm only watching those I'm interested in) with Harmony and Nuworld reaching new lows.
IGM T40 +100 atm, gold futures up.
No further significant eco reporting for today.
Seems like a long day.