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...Our original 16-day adventure was cut down to 12, due to a scheduling change, and so we cycled an average of 100km per day accumulating, according to Garmin, a total elevation gain of 15,226m....
...Venture capital investment fell 16 per cent year-on-year in 2022, to €91.6bn, according to PitchBook....
...In the US alone, online sales will reach $794.5bn this year, the group estimates, up more than 32 per cent year on year....
...The yield on the benchmark was up 1.1 basis point to 2.9058 per cent. The US dollar was lower, with the DXY index down 0.4 per cent at 93.794....
...The number of Junior Isa accounts opened rose from 738,000 in 2015-16 to 794,000 in 2016-17, although the amount subscribed fell from £921m in 2015-16 to £858m....
...6,237 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +0.70 (+0.05%) at 1,528 FTSE100 down -8.50 (-0.11%) at 7,439 CAC 40 up +7.67 (+0.15%) at 5,282 Dax up +19.74 (+0.15%) at 12,794 Currencies €/$ 1.12 (1.12) $/¥ 111.24...
...0.41%) at 1,463 FTSE100 down -5.10 (-0.07%) at 7,319 CAC 40 down -26.56 (-0.52%) at 5,088 Dax down -99.20 (-0.82%) at 12,066 Currencies €/$ 1.18 (1.18) $/¥ 109.16 (108.97) £/$ 1.29 (1.29) €/£ 0.9158 (0.9154...
...) at 19,394 Topix up +17.77 (+1.16%) at 1,553 Hang Seng up +53.61 (+0.23%) at 23,794 US markets S&P 500 down -6.11 (-0.26%) at 2,364 DJIA down -25.20 (-0.12%) at 20,812 Nasdaq down -36.46 (-0.62%) at 5,825...
...The FTSE 100 added 0.7 per cent, up 44.99 points to 6,794.71, as BP climbed 1.2 per cent to 447.2p and Royal Dutch Shell B rose 0.7 per cent to £20.80....
...Madrid-Barajas airport topped the Global Gateway Alliance ranking with a cheap, 16-minute rail journey to the city centre, followed by Amsterdam, Dubai and Frankfurt....
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...Trading in the second half of the financial year has started on a strong note, with the forward order book up by 7.2 per cent at £1.2bn, representing 5,048 homes; that’s up from 4,794 a year earlier....
...Budget airline easyJet is in second place, up 3.9 per cent at £16.95 after it said it expects narrower interim losses....
...The S&P 500 advanced 1.2 per cent to 1,794.19 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.7 per cent to 15,848.61. The technology heavy Nasdaq Composite index rose 1.8 per cent to 4,123.12....
...(-0.10%) at 1,196 Hang Seng down -89.99 (-0.39%) at 23,247 US markets S&P 500 down -12.08 (-0.71%) at 1,698 DJIA down -133.25 (-0.87%) at 15,168 Nasdaq down -21.26 (-0.56%) at 3,794 European markets Eurofirst...
...at 1,044 Americas DJIA down -0.18% at 15,092 S&P 500 up 0.00% at 1,634 Bovespa down -1.20% at 54,448 Asia Nikkei 225 up +0.08% at 14,794 Topix up +0.06% at 1,233 Hang Seng down -0.12% at 22,962 Shanghai...
...-4.78 (-0.41%) at 1,175 FTSE100 down -40.63 (-0.64%) at 6,299 CAC 40 down -16.86 (-0.44%) at 3,794 Dax down -79.19 (-0.96%) at 8,143 Currencies €/$ 1.34 (1.33) $/¥ 94.77 (96.00) £/$ 1.57 (1.57) Commodities...
...“Beyond that, our sights are still set on reaching our annual production target of plus 1.2m ounces of gold by 2015.” Overall gold production increased to 794,844 ounces, up from 696,023 ounces....
...The FTSE Eurofirst 300 fell 1 per cent to 1,088.43. The Athens General index was the outlier, climbing 2.5 per cent to 794.72....
...RTS down -0.02% at 1,420 Warsaw Wig down -0.16% at 44,053 FTSE 300 Eurotop down -0.08% at 1,103 Americas DJIA up +0.38% at 12,837 S&P 500 up +0.23% at 1,391 Bovespa up +0.35% at 56,437 Asia Nikkei 225...
...by 0.1 per cent of national income....
...Revenues over nine months were up 8.5 per cent at £794.8m....
...Asian markets (Wed) 04:15 GMT Nikkei225 down 8.11 (-0.08%) 9,794.84 Topix down 2.42 (-0.27%) at 878.12 Hang Seng up 387.98 (1.83%) at 21,628.04 US markets (Tues) S&P 500 up 2.53 (0.24%) at 1,045.41 DJIA...
...Shares in Weir, which on Tuesday appointed Jon Stanton as finance director, fell 3½p to close at 794½p....
...Portuguese cement producer Cimpor surged 16 per cent to €6.34 on Friday after announcing it was the target of a €3.86bn takeover bid....
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