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Walmart's stock soared as much as 8.4% Thursday after reporting strong sales last quarter, even as other companies report slowing consumer demand.

While the SEC case against Ripple was decided solidly in Ripple’s favor, the takeaways for the rest of the industry are limited.

Walmart shares surged to a record high Thursday after the discount retailer reported strong earnings and lifted its full-year outlook. Monitor these important post-earnings price levels.

Asia shares were headed for a weekly gain on Friday and Japan's benchmark Nikkei was poised for its best week in over four years as upbeat risk sentiment spilled over from Wall Street, while the dollar and U.S. Treasury yields held broadly steady. Last week's market turmoil was replaced by calmer conditions this week after a raft of U.S. economic data allayed recession fears in the world's largest economy and pushed back against expectations for aggressive U.S. rate cuts. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan advanced 0.34% in early trade and was set to rise 1.3% for the week, while U.S. futures extended gains following a strong overnight cash session on Wall Street.

Stocks could see a 1995-like rally after the Fed cuts rates, said Wells Fargo's head of global investment strategy.

Oil prices edged lower in early Asian trading on Friday, but the market's benchmarks were set for a second consecutive weekly gain after upbeat U.S. economic data eased investor worries about a potential recession in the top oil consuming nation. Brent crude futures fell 16 cents, or 0.2%, to $80.88 per barrel by 0024 GMT. "US economic data released this week has helped to temper fears of a sharp slowdown in the US economy," analysts at energy consultancy FGE said.

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