On the eve of the non-farm payrolls, the three major U.S. stock index futures rose slightly, European stocks await tonight's ECB decision, and Japanese bond yields declined

Global stock markets rose slightly, but trading sentiment remained cautious as investors focused on waiting for Friday's non-farm payroll report before making decisions. The market expects the non-farm report to show a slowdown in job growth and a stable unemployment rate. On Thursday, the three major U.S. stock index futures, European stocks, and Asian markets all saw slight increases. U.S. Treasury yields and the U.S. dollar index rose slightly.

The results of Japan's 30-year government bond auction were better than expected, leading to a general rise in Japanese bond prices. Tonight at 20:15, the European Central Bank will announce its policy interest rate, with the market expecting the ECB to cut rates for the eighth time, and possibly again in September, resulting in a slight decline in the euro.

Here are the movements of core assets:

U.S. stock index futures all rose over 0.2%.

European stocks rose slightly, with German and French stocks up about 0.3%, while the UK stock index was nearly flat.

The Nikkei 225 index closed down 0.5%. The Topix index closed down 1%. The South Korean KOSPI rose 1.5%.

The MSCI Asia index in the Asia-Pacific market rose about 0.1%, while the MSCI Emerging Markets index rose about 0.8%.

The yield on Japan's 40-year government bonds fell by 8.5 basis points to 3.055%.

The U.S. dollar index rose slightly by about 0.1%, the British pound and euro were nearly flat, and the yen depreciated by over 0.4%.

Bitcoin fell about 0.2% to below $105,000.

U.S. Treasuries generally fell, with the yield on 10-year U.S. Treasuries rising about 2 basis points to 4.37%.

Spot gold was nearly flat, while Brent crude oil rose about 0.4% to above $65.

Ulrich Urbahn, head of strategy at Berenberg Bank, stated: "The market generally expects weak non-farm data, and only extremely poor results could trigger an increase in volatility."

U.S. stock index futures rose slightly, with Dow futures, S&P 500 futures, and Nasdaq 100 futures all up over 0.2%.

In pre-market trading, most semiconductor stocks rose, with ASML up about 2%, Micron Technology up about 1%, and Broadcom up 0.5%.

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