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...moderation of month-on-month increases in the Nationwide survey and the dip in mortgage approvals reported by the Bank of England, which slowed to a four-month low of 70,309 in February from a 74-month high of 76,753...
...(78.16) £/$ 1.62 (1.62) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.71 at 110.71 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.76 at 92.13 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,776 Copper (Comex) down -4.25 at 376.10 10...
...Emerging Markets MSCI Emerging Market Index up +2.00% at 993.44 Americas DJIA up +1.76% at 12,044 S&P 500 up +1.88% at 1,261 Bovespa up +1.52% at 58,196 Asia Nikkei 225 up +1.31% at 8,753 Topix up +1.44%...
...Hang Seng up +0.65% at 18,259 Shanghai Composite up +2.16% at 2,399 MSCI Asia ex-Japan up +0.49% at 458.83 S&P CNX Nifty Index up +0.78% at 5,013 Currencies €/$ 1.36 (1.36) $/¥ 76.69 (76.63) Commodities...
...Brent Crude (ICE) up +1.05 at 111.78 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.59 at 86.40 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +7.40 at 1,667...
...Currencies €/$ 1.44 (1.44) $/¥ 76.78 (76.84) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.81 at 109.10 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.85 at 87.03 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +22.70 at 1,778...
...Currencies €/$ 1.35 (1.35) $/¥ 84.22 (84.32) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.08 at 78.79 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.11 at 76.60 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,296...
...Nymex April West Texas Intermediate rose 16 cents but settled at $78.70 a barrel, down 96 cents on the day. ICE April Brent closed 70 cents lower $76.89....
...China Mobile and HSBC, which posted big gains on Monday, slid 4.2 per cent to HK$78 and 1.8 per cent to HK$84, respectively....
...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....
...Goodyear , the tyre company, fell 2.6 per cent to $27.76 on reports that Bridgestone, its rival, planned to invest $11bn over five years....
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