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Havana (VNA) – Cuba welcomes and stands ready to support Vietnamese businesses and investors so as to multiply successful projects of the two countries, President of the Cuban Chamber of Commerce Orlando Hernandez has said.

European stocks traded higher Thursday as markets recovered from an early rattle caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed targeting of Chinese tech firm Huawei. The pan-European STOXX 600 hit a day high just around the close of trade.

Shares in Asia were mixed on Thursday, as the U.S. takes aim at China’s Huawei again, heating up trade tensions further.

Stocks rose on Thursday as sentiment was boosted by strong earnings from Walmart and Cisco Systems while banks climbed on higher rates.

Gold prices were set for a third session of declines on Thursday, as the dollar strengthened after the release of strong economic data from the United States and as global stocks advanced.

Oil prices jumped as much as 2% on Thursday as tensions in the Middle East grew, with a Saudi-led coalition launching air strikes in retaliation for recent attacks on its oil infrastructure.

U.S. government debt yields rose on Thursday as investors sold safer Treasurys in favor of riskier assets like stocks following the release of strong economic data.

The euro dropped to its lowest level in more than a week against the dollar on Thursday on concerns about next week’s European parliamentary elections, while the dollar was buoyed by ongoing U.S.-China trade tensions.

High selling pressure during the final minutes of trading limited gains, but the benchmark VN-Index still managed its rally thanks to the performance of some large-cap stocks.