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...It also said it planned to purchase a further 20m shares for $2.4bn, funded by part of the proceeds from the sale of its Dutch unit....
...Analysts expect revenues of $2.24bn, up 1 per cent quarter-on-quarter, and earnings per share of $1.92....
...That looks set to put pressure on Japanese stocks, with futures tipping the Nikkei 225 to open 0.2 per cent lower....
...Futures tip Japan’s Nikkei 225 to shed 0.8 per cent, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng to fall 0.3 per cent and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 to drop 0.2 per cent....
...That prompted weakness in the dollar and a rally in US treasuries, but also a strengthening in the yen, which is sitting 0.2 per cent stronger on Friday at ¥101.95 per dollar....
...The losses come in the wake of the yen jumping 1.4 per cent overnight for its biggest advance since July 29, and with the currency a further 0.5 per cent stronger on Wednesday at ¥101.49 per dollar and...
...Japan’s broad Topix pared early gains of as much as 0.7 per cent to be 0.2 per cent lower, while the Nikkei 225 was down 0.4 per cent as the yen again broke through the ¥101 barrier....
...The yen was flat at ¥101.89 per dollar on Tuesday, having appreciated 0.4 per cent in the previous session....
...With the BoJ decision a few hours away, the yen is trading flat at ¥101.66 per dollar on Wednesday, having strengthened 0.2 per cent overnight....
...The yen entered a weakening streak that left it sitting 0.7 per cent weaker against the dollar at ¥101.34....
...Xover +7.8bps at 325.81bp Markit CDX IG -2.54bps at 73.52bp Sources: FT, Bloomberg, Markit...
...The yen was flat on Monday at ¥101.32 per dollar, but strengthened 0.7 per cent in the previous session as a disappointing batch of US economic data prompted the dollar to fall as investors pushed back...
...The Japanese yen is sitting 0.6 per cent stronger at ¥101.59, and has firmed a touch within the past hour or so. In spite of a stronger yen, Japan’s Topix is up 1.2 per cent....
...The yen was flat this morning at ¥101.27 per dollar, but eased 0.4 per cent yesterday....
...The weaker greenback saw the yen break through the ¥101 barrier, and leaving it as the best-performing Asian currency, trading as much as 0.4 per cent stronger at ¥100.89 per dollar....
...The Japanese market was shut for a public holiday, but the yen was trading 0.1 per cent stronger at ¥101.22 per dollar and eyeing its first three-day winning streak in a month....
...The yen is 0.1 per cent stronger this morning, on track for a third straight day of gains, at ¥101.20 per dollar....
...The FTSE 100 managed to carve out a 0.4 per cent gain yesterday, but the more domestically-focused FTSE 250 sank 2.4 per cent....
...The dollar index, a measure of the US currency against a basket of global peers, was 0.1 per cent higher today at 96.101....
...The brewer’s shares rose 2.7 per cent to $101.13, responding to the bond deals, which will probably be used to fund its full takeover of MillerCoors....
...Sydney’s S&P/ASX 200 is also in a bear market, its fall of 2.2 per cent on Wednesday morning putting it down 20.9 per cent from its 2015 high....
...The price of gold is up 0.8 per cent at $1,101.78 an ounce....
...Dax, off 2.8 per cent, and the Shanghai Composite, 1 per cent weaker....
...The S&P 500 was little changed at 2,101.61, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.3 per cent to 17,947.02. The Nasdaq Composite dipped 0.6 per cent to 5,080.50....
...A consumer sentiment index from the Conference Board rose to 101.3 from an upwardly revised 98.8 in February, tracking less than 3 points below a seven-and-a-half-year high hit in January....
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