-- Britain's average house prices ticked down 0.1% month over month in April, after a 0.5% decline in March, according to data from Halifax published Friday.
Analysts expected zero growth for the month, according to Investing.com data.
On a yearly basis, average house prices in the UK were 0.4% higher, compared with a 0.8% gain in the previous month and an expected 0.6% uptick.
Switzerland's consumer sentiment index rose to -40 points in April from -42.9 points earlier, according to data from the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs published Friday.Analysts expected -46 points for the month.In the previous year, the index stood at -42.4 points.
BW Offshore (BWO.OL) secured a contract extension for its floating production, storage, and offloading, or FPSO, vessel BW Catcher with the Catcher field partners.The amended deal provides a defined end-of-term framework to Dec. 31, 2030, and removes the previous unilateral options for one-year extensions, according to a Thursday release.The offshore production services company expects the amendments, which are effective Feb. 1, 2026, to boost its firm's operating cash flow backlog by $490 million.
Spain's industrial production, adjusted for seasonal and calendar effects, grew 1.8% year over year in March, following the revised 0.9% decrease previously, provisional data from the National Statistics Institute showed Friday.On a monthly basis, Spanish industrial output rose 2.3%, against a 0.1% decline previously.