📈BEFORE THE BELL 🔔

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BEFORE THE BELL
🟢Futures linked to Canada’s main stock index were subdued, with the TSX pulling back from recent record highs as the end of the quarter approached.

🟢Wall Street futures also paused after a record-breaking rally this week as investors awaited fresh catalysts, including Friday’s personal consumption expenditures report.

🟢European shares fell, led by med-tech stocks, after news of fresh U.S. import-related probes.

🟢In Asia, Japan's Nikkei marked a record high close for a third session as investors scooped up cheap shares.

🟢Chinese blue chips and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng advanced, with Chinese tech shares marking their eighth straight week of gains on AI optimism, while MSCI’s broad Asia-Pacific index outside Japan slipped.

🟢The U.S. dollar held steady, while gold rose on safe-haven demand.

🟢Oil retreated from a seven-week high amid profit-taking and expectations of slower winter demand.