European markets opened higher while Asian stocks were mostly lower on Friday, with Chinese markets declining as investors awaited a key briefing about an upcoming stimulus plan this weekend. In early European trading,

A chartist predicts China’s benchmark gauge, the CSI 300, will hit 6,000 in the next 12 months, a more than 50% advance.

Investors were disappointed by the absence of updates on Tesla's affordable Model 2 at Elon Musk's "We, Robot" event.