Investors monitor income and job data in the United States

European equities are expected to open a little higher on Friday morning, as investors digested new corporate earnings and anticipated payroll data in the United States.

The FTSE 100 is up 7 points to 7,359 points, the ACC is expected to open about 7 points to 5,545 points, while the DAX is expected to start around 1 point to 12,346 points, according to IG.

In Europe, the focus will be on the instantaneous estimate of the European CPI of April. Preliminary releases issued by the four largest Member States earlier this week far exceeded expectations, particularly in Germany, where the EU's overall harmonized rate reached its highest level in five months, at 2, 1% over one year.

As for companies, the French bank Societe Generale has announced a decline in profits by 26% Friday morning, while the giant sportswear Adidas is also expected to publish its latest quarterly results during the morning.

In Asia, the Japanese and Chinese markets were closed during public holidays, while the Hang Seng Hong Kong index was largely stable and that in South Korea, the Kospi index has fell 0.64% as shares in Samsung Electronics lost 1.09%. The Australian ASX 200 was 0.18% higher.

In the United States, investors have an eye on US job data in April, with the release of the non-farm payroll on Friday.

On Thursday, the Bank of England kept its interest rates steady while revising its GDP forecast for 2019 for the world's fifth largest economy, in light of the good data from the first quarter.