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...Norway’s $1.6tn oil fund is the second-largest shareholder in UBS, behind BlackRock, having increased its stake from 3.5 per cent to 5 per cent when the Credit Suisse takeover was completed last summer....
...The UK’s blue-chip index, which was up 0.7 per cent, trading as high as 8015.63 points, above its previous record closing high of 8014.31 in February 2023, but short of its all-time intraday high of 8047.06...
...Traders in swaps markets raised the probability of an interest rate cut by June to 63 per cent, from 58 per cent, ahead of official figures which showed headline annual inflation was 3.4 per cent in February...
...Consumer discretionary, industrials and tech were the benchmark’s worst-performing sectors, down 0.5 per cent, 0.4 per cent and 0.3 per cent, respectively....
...The price of Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose 3.1 per cent on Thursday to $81.63 a barrel, its biggest one-day gain since January 3....
...The oil price rose 3.1 per cent on Thursday to $81.63 a barrel, its biggest gain since January 3....
...Services exports accounted for about 16 per cent of the UK economy, compared with 3.6 per cent for the US....
...Traders have also scaled back expectations on when those rate cuts will start slightly, putting the odds of a move in June at around 63 per cent, after data in the last week suggested the economy was growing...
...Yields on benchmark 10-year note, which move with growth and inflation expectations, rose to a five-month high of 4.63 per cent on Monday....
...New York listed shares lost 7.3 per cent before the open. In 2023 they have shed 44.3 per cent. Read more on Pfizer here...
...The disappointing fourth quarter data also came as Japan’s third-quarter GDP was revised down to a 3.3 per cent contraction on an annualised basis....
...Average US petrol prices are now $3.63 a gallon, up about 15 per cent since the start of the year....
...Markets have raised the probability of an interest-rate cut by May to 63 per cent, up from 34 per cent, according to CME Group....
...The introduction of the antenatal jab reduced the number of infant deaths by two-thirds to 21 by the end of last year, compared with 63 in the 12 years before its introduction....
...The average rate for a 30-year, fixed home mortgage was around 6.63 per cent last week, according to Freddie Mac....
...Consumer sentiment: The University of Michigan will release the final reading for its October consumer sentiment index, which is projected to hold steady at a level of 63....
...NYCB paid an average rate of 3.62 per cent on its interest-bearing deposits in the fourth quarter, up from 1.93 per cent a year ago....
...With higher inflation outlooks came lower consumer sentiment, which fell to a reading of 63 in October, down from a final reading of 68.1 in September, and the lowest reading since May....
...But a 63 per cent drop in rare earth prices since the start of 2022 has called into question the project’s ability to raise funding....
...Goldman Sachs has forecast the MSCI China gauge to end the year at 63, up about 20 per cent from its current level....
...However, revenue is forecast to drop 3 per cent in fiscal 2023 year as global demand for new smartphones slows. VR headsets are not expected to make up for this decline....
...An average of analyst estimates compiled by Reuters had seen revenues of $63.17bn for the same period....
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