Asian stocks were little changed in thin trading Friday, with no direction from their U.S. counterparts thanks to an American holiday. Treasury yields ticked lower as investors awaited the key U.S. jobs report. Shares across the region were little changed, as were U.S. futures. The dollar was flat along with gold. Oil fell, even amid further Middle East tensions, with the British seizure of an Iranian vessel. European shares drifted Thursday in a lackluster session marked by thin trading volumes. Core bonds in the region climbed, with German 10-year yields dipping below the European Central Bank’s deposit rate for the first time. -  Bloomberg 

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