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...Gold was up $3 at $1,248 an ounce, after hitting $1,250....
...The 10-year US Treasury yield was down 3bp at 2.96 per cent while the two-year yield was down 1bp at 2.48 per cent....
...CAC 40 up +71.42 (+1.35%) at 5,372 Dax up +119.94 (+0.96%) at 12,648 Currencies €/$ 1.10 (1.10) $/¥ 112.10 (112.45) £/$ 1.29 (1.29) €/£ 0.849 (0.8498) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.60 at 47.78...
...The dollar index, a measure of the US currency against a basket of global peers, was flat at 96.659. It closed on Tuesday at its lowest level since October 7....
...The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of peers, was off 0.2 per cent at 96.648....
...at 07:55 Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +210.10 (+1.10%) at 19,289 Topix up +18.20 (+1.20%) at 1,537 Hang Seng up +101.58 (+0.42%) at 24,558 US markets S&P 500 up +14.46 (+0.61%) at 2,389 DJIA up +232.23...
...The total payable this year would be £4,232 — equivalent to an additional five percentage points of tax....
...AbbVie shares declined 2.98 per cent to $55.69 while Shire shares trading in New York fell 2 per cent to $232.92....
...That equates to roughly $30.52 in value based on Umpqua’s closing price of $16.96 on Wednesday....
...+207.50 (+1.38%) at 15,248 Nasdaq up +45.17 (+1.32%) at 3,469 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +15.67 (+1.33%) at 1,194 FTSE100 up +75.88 (+1.20%) at 6,412 CAC 40 up +58.31 (+1.53%) at 3,873 Dax up +155.87...
...(Financial Times) OVERNIGHT MARKETS: UP Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +219.98 (+1.45%) at 15,358 Topix up +18.73 (+1.49%) at 1,272 Hang Seng up +391.35 (+1.70%) at 23,474 US markets S&P 500 up +17.00 (+...
...Earnings of 48 cents a share beat analyst forecasts of 45 cents....
...Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +107.96 (+1.12%) at 9,757 Topix up +10.33 (+1.24%) at 840.67 Hang Seng up +70.09 (+0.32%) at 22,132 US markets S&P 500 up +16.57 (+1.29%) at 1,297 DJIA up +145.13 (+1.21%...
...The first half of the trading day was relatively calm with shares increasing 1.62% over the opening price of $33.90 to an intraday high of $34.45....
...Copper (Comex) up $0.95 at $232.45 10-year government bond yields (%) 03:55 BST US 3.54 (3.54) UK 3.76 (3.69) Germany 3.41 (3.38) Japan 1.35 (1.38) Sources: FT, Bloomberg...
...-1.53%) at 801.24 Currencies 04:10 BST €/$ 1.3151 ( 1.3013) $/¥ 96.89 (96.50) £/$ 1.4664 (1.4596) Commodities 04:05 BST Brent Crude (ICE) down $0.30 at $49.69 Light Crude (Nymex) down $0.43 at $49.49 100...
...Asian markets (Tues) 03:15 BST Nikkei up 271.31 (3.00%) at at 9,310.00 Topix up 18.01 (2.10%) at 877.72 Hang Seng up 232.21 (1.38%) at 17,022.91 US markets (Mon) S&P500 up26.83 (3.04%) at 909.71 DJIA...
...S&P raised its price target from $96 to $105. That gave a boost to technology stocks, which have been hard hit in recent sessions on fears of global growth slowdown....
...The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1 per cent or 103.33 points at 10,742.96, a weekly fall of 3.1 per cent....
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