Investors head into Good Friday on a high note following Thursday's gains

• 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 added 1.03% to trade at 7,741.56.

Trading is currently halted for Good Friday but will continue tomorrow. Leading equity indices in the US rose as Nasdaq closed the day at 12,100, having gained 0.76%. S&P 500 gained 0.36% and closed at 4,105.

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

Uptick coincides with some positive signs published earlier as United States Unemployment Rate beat the 3.6 projections, with 3.5.

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 is scheduled for Tuesday.

Thursday's bullishness contained stragglers as ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas closed at $3.03 having dropped 11.66%. 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

Following a month of flat trade, 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 | Closed 40 cents (-11.66%) lower 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.