U.S. private payrolls posted their biggest drop in more than two and a half years in November as small businesses shed jobs, but the weakness is probably not a true reflection of the labor market's health,

Private employers in the United States shed 32,000 jobs in November, payroll processor ADP said Wednesday.

Equity markets rose going into the weekend on Friday following a broadly positive lead from Wall Street as a mixed bag of US data did little to change expectations the

World stock markets mostly rose Thursday after the latest batch of US data reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next week and in 2026.