Top laggard ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas gave up 40 cents, or 11.66% Thursday United States Natural Gas Fund LP (down 5.6%), iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF (down 0.039%) also underperformed Thursday.
FTSE ascends by 1.03%, reaching 7,741.56.

Trading is currently halted for Good Friday but will continue tomorrow. Markets closed higher Thursday, as Nasdaq ended the session at 12,100 after a 0.76% gain. S&P 500 closed the day at 4,105, having gained 0.36%.

US traders are set to return to their desks tomorrow. Meanwhile, elsewhere in equities, upbeat European markets ended Thursday higher as FTSE ascends to 7,741.56 (up 1.03%). Asia-Pacific markets ended a mixed session Friday whilst KOSPI Composite Index is up by 1.27%, hitting 2,490.41.

Uptick coincides with some positive signs published earlier as United States Unemployment Rate came out at 3.5, better than analyst estimates of 3.6 and improving upon the previous reading of 3.6.

On a negative note, the market received some disappointing news as data from United States concerning Non Farm Payrolls was released Friday. Newly published figures emphasized continued decline from last month's figure of 326,000 to 236,000 this month.

Today's rise takes place amid mixed market indicators — United States CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions released Friday with a figure of 226,100, while the previous figure was 181,100.

The market is looking forward to the release of new data: United States EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook scheduled to come out Tuesday.

Thursday's bullishness contained stragglers as noticeable risk-on sentiment wasn't enough to prevent ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas giving up 40 cents, or 11.66%, before ending the session at $3.03. United States Natural Gas Fund LP (down 5.6%), iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF (down 0.039%) also underperformed Thursday.

IShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF | Ended Thursday's session at $25.35

With around a month of flat trade under its belt, Pointing in a similar direction, Thursday's session was more of the same — iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF moves 0.04% to close at $25.35 Thursday.

ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas | -11.66% at $3.03

A tough session dominated by bearish sentiment left BOIL 40 cents lower, while setting a $2.96 to $3.42 session range.