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...The financials sector of the benchmark index added 2.5 per cent with Citigroup up 5.1 per cent at $40.44, Bank of America adding 4.3 per cent to $12.70 and JPMorgan gaining 3.3 per cent to $59.52....
...Markets at 0801 BST Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +243.69 (+1.59%) at 15,567 Topix up +23.07 (+1.88%) at 1,248 Hang Seng up +179.04 (+0.89%) at 20,352 US markets S&P 500 up +35.55 (+1.78%) at 2,036 DJIA...
...up +25.96 (+0.14%) at 18,559 Nasdaq down -19.41 (-0.38%) at 5,036 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -5.85 (-0.44%) at 1,332 FTSE100 up +1.95 (+0.03%) at 6,697 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 4,330 Dax...
...Nasdaq down -31.78 (-0.63%) at 5,024 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -36.32 (-2.24%) at 1,582 FTSE100 down -84.25 (-1.20%) at 6,946 CAC 40 down -133.99 (-2.59%) at 5,039 Dax down -378.94 (-3.21%) at...
...+5.57 (+0.27%) at 2,082 DJIA up +27.09 (+0.15%) at 17,903 Nasdaq up +40.59 (+0.83%) at 4,951 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -0.57 (-0.04%) at 1,612 FTSE100 down -24.36 (-0.35%) at 6,937 CAC 40 down...
...Nasdaq up +63.97 (+1.29%) at 5,005 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -4.33 (-0.27%) at 1,571 FTSE100 up +25.32 (+0.36%) at 6,986 CAC 40 up +7.10 (+0.14%) at 5,046 Dax up +21.66 (+0.19%) at 11,454...
...Coal constituted less than 40 per cent of power production in 2013 in the US compared to more than 50 per cent a decade earlier....
...Investors instead targeted their disapproval of the whale affair at the bank’s independent directors in a vote against the re-election of Ellen Futter, David Cote and James Crown; they received 53.1%, 59.3%...
...at 10,802 Topix up +1.09% at 898.69 Hang Seng up +0.64% at 23,413 Shanghai Composite up +3.06% at 2,312 MSCI Asia ex-Japan up +0.59% at 475.89 S&P CNX Nifty Index up +1.22% at 6,024 Currencies €/$ 1.34...
...(-0.12%) at 1,405 DJIA down -54.90 (-0.42%) at 13,036 Nasdaq unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 3,075 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -12.49 (-1.14%) at 1,079 FTSE100 down -86.40 (-1.50%) at 5,672 CAC 40 down...
...Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +65.35 (+0.68%) at 9,644 Topix up +4.89 (+0.59%) at 830.53 Hang Seng down -5.79 (-0.03%) at 22,036 US markets S&P 500 up +11.65 (+0.92%) at 1,280 DJIA up +108.98 (+0.91%...
...down -11.87 (-0.30%) at 3,965 Dax down -58.49 (-0.83%) at 7,024 Currencies €/$ 1.35 (1.35) $/¥ 82.94 (82.98) £/$ 1.59 (1.59) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.08 at 96.50 Light Crude (Nymex) down...
...It also said it planned to buy a proposed 40 per cent stake in Cairn’s Indian subsidiary at a reduced amount of $6.02bn....
...(-1.87%) at 6,663 Currencies €/$ 1.35 (1.35) $/¥ 83.38 (83.28) £/$ 1.59 (1.59) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.01 at 84.72 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.03 at 82.37 100 Oz Gold (Comex) down -1.40...
...Nikkei 225 down -60.64 (-0.62%) at 9,651 Topix down -6.00 (-0.68%) at 874.04 Hang Seng down -72.44 (-0.37%) at 19,425 US markets S&P 500 down -18.70 (-1.72%) at 1,071 DJIA down -112.61 (-1.11%) at 10,024...
...There was also speculation that BP, whose shares have lost almost 40 per cent of their value since the spill begun, could be a takeover target....
...Asian markets (Thurs) 04:10 BST Nikkei down 168.72 (-1.59%) at 10,470.99 Topix down 15.05 (-1.54%) at 960.54 Hang Seng down 146.27 (-0.72%) at 20,310.05 US markets (Wed) S&P500 up 0.12 (0.01%) at 1,028.12...
...I propose to increase the plan allocation for school education from Rs.26,800 crore in 2009-10 to Rs.31,036 crore in 2010-11....
...With miners to the fore, the main index jumped 59.7 points, or 1 per cent, to 6,024.3 while the mid-cap FTSE 250 firmed 30.7 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 9,881.0....
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