Focus for global investors is switching to next week's release of US jobs data

Focus for global investors is switching to next week's release of US jobs data

 ISAAC LAWRENCE

Stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic pulled back Friday as profit-taking trimmed some of the gains seen after the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut this week.

Investors kept away from any big bets on the future direction of US interest rates while the inflation and employment pictures remain cloudy, analysts said.

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