Daily Alert: Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assassinated
- Abe was killed by a lone gunman in the city of Nara, while delivering a campaign speech for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ahead of Sunday's elections for Japan’s upper house
- In US economic data, Non-farm Payrolls (jobs) rose by 372,000 in June, better than the consensus expectation of a lift around 265,000
- US sharemarkets were mixed on Friday
