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...The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index registered a reading of 79.6 in February, from 79 in January....
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...Brent crude — the international benchmark — rose 2 per cent to $83.59 a barrel. The US equivalent West Texas Intermediate was up 2.1 per cent at $79.16 a barrel....
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...That helped buoy shares, which rose 3 per cent to 138.20p by late morning on Thursday....
...Beijing’s military budget will increase 7.2 per cent, matching last year’s rate of rise....
...Bluegem, which originally bought its 79 per cent stake in 2020 for €52mn, will sell its position to PAI and then buy back in for about 47 per cent....
...Rate-sensitive 2-year gilt yields rose to 4.3 per cent, down 0.06 percentage points on the day, after the central bank’s announcement....
...The yield on rate-sensitive 2-year Treasuries fell 0.07 percentage points to 4.79 per cent. Yields fall as prices rise....
...The sum took his total donations to the Tories since 2017 to £2.17mn....
...Brent crude, the international benchmark, dropped more than 2 per cent to $79.89 a barrel in late afternoon trading in London before rebounding slightly to $80.42....
...Heathrow on Wednesday forecast a record 81.4mn passengers would travel through it this year, up from 79.2mn in 2023....
...While that is more than double the level two years ago, it is down from 7.79 per cent in October....
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