Gillian Bowen

The Dow Jones Index finishing up 0.8%.

The S&P 500 Index was 0.8% higher and the NASDAQ Index added 0.9%.

So James, there's plenty at play for investors to take into account.

Okay, if we turn to Europe, the continent-wide FTSE Euro First 300 index ended up 0.8%, while the UK FTSE 100 added 0.5%.

So European share markets hitting one-week highs after a boost from technology stocks there, while investors remain cautious about developments in the US-China talks that we've been

The technology sector index jumped 2.6% led by semiconductor stocks with STMicroelectronics up 5.4%, BE Semiconductor up 3.3% and Infineon jumped 5.7%.

Our luxury brand Burberry shed almost 7% after reporting fourth quarter sales in line with expectations, while Watches of Switzerland jumped 19.2% on forecasting full year operating profits above expectations.

Investment company 3i Group slumped 12.7% after its like-for-like sales growth slowed.

All right, let's have a look at what's on the watch list this Friday.

In Australia, there are earnings results from QBE and Auckland Airport.

In the US, there are US industrial production figures for April.

And of course, we're keeping an eye on the summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Beijing for any new developments.

And the key ones will likely be covered in the afternoon episode of the podcast, which drops shortly after our market closes.

Okay, it's time for our one more thing before we go.

James, what do you have to round out the week?

Something interesting to watch there for sure.

That's it for today.

And thanks for tuning in this week.

Don't forget this afternoon's episode of the CommSec Market Update.

Stephen Daglin and Laura Bezzarati are on deck with a full wrap of today's local trading session.