Asian shares rebounded from multi-month lows on Friday, as upbeat U.S. economic data calmed frayed nerves after a bruising selloff in global markets, but investors remained anxious ahead of next week's Federal Reserve policy meeting.
European stocks look set to track Asia higher, with financial spreadbetters predicting London's FTSE 100 .FTSE, Paris's CAC-40 .FCHI and Frankfurt's DAX .GDAXI will open up as much as 0.8 percent. A 0.1 percent drop in U.S. stock futures hinted at a more shaky Wall Street start. .L.EU.N
Volatility was still high in currency markets, with the dollar at one point losing more than 1 percent from early gains against the yen, and approached Thursday's four-month lows against a basket of six major currencies.