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...The benchmark S&P 500 fell 1 per cent, with nine of its 11 sectors sliding. Gold rose 0.7 per cent to $2,129 a troy ounce, moderating from a record high reached earlier in the day....
...The international oil benchmark fell 2.1 per cent to $77.11 a barrel, while WTI, the US equivalent, fell 2.3 per cent to $72.08 a barrel....
...The yield on the 2-year Treasuries was down 0.11 percentage points at 4.25 per cent while that on the 10-year note was down 0.08 percentage points at 3.97 per cent....
...However, the index gave up its early gains on Wednesday to close 0.1 per cent lower for the day. The Nasdaq Composite, which rose as much as 1 per cent in early trading, ended the day down 0.2 per cent....
...states in December, casting doubt over traders’ hopes of rapid interest rate cuts from the European Central Bank. 10-year German Bund yields, the benchmark for the eurozone, rose 0.06 percentage points to 2.08...
...Cars imported to the US from Mexico are subject to a 2.5 per cent US levy, while parts put together in Mexico incur a tariff of 0 per cent to 6 per cent....
...The Mayor of London has set aside £210mn for a scrappage scheme, under which car owners can apply for up to £2,000 and motorcycle owners £1,000....
...The moves came as data showed US factory orders dropped 3.6 per cent in October after expanding 2.8 per cent in September. Economists polled by LSEG had expected a 2.8 per cent decline....
...In stock markets, the S&P 500 shed 0.2 per cent in afternoon trading, while the Nasdaq Composite was down 0.1 per cent....
...Goldman estimates that the median short interest in S&P 500 companies is still remarkably low at 1.7 per cent, but is up from 1.5 per cent at the end of 2021....
...Benchmark 10-year gilt yields were 0.08 percentage points lower at 4.08 per cent, while the pound was up 0.2 per cent against the dollar....
...The benchmark S&P 500 closed 1.3 per cent lower on Friday, and dropped 2.4 per cent over the week....
...The funds’ fee calculation rules meant that published expense ratios on the iShares ETFs rose by a minuscule amount from 0.1846 per cent on January 1 2023 to 0.1879 per cent on August 1....
...Yields on 10-year Italian debt fell 0.08 percentage points to 3.73 per cent, while French government bond yields fell 0.1 percentage points to 2.56 per cent....
...House price inflation in October moved into negative territory at -1.2 per cent, down from 8.2 per cent a year ago. However, asking price discount levels vary across the country....
...Insolvency Service data on Tuesday showed that between July 1 and September 30 there were 6,208 registered company insolvencies in England and Wales....
...China’s CSI 300 fell 1.4 per cent and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng lost 1.3 per cent....
...The dollar was up 0.2 per cent against a basket of six other currencies....
...The UK’s largest high-street lender said on Wednesday that statutory profit before tax was £1.9bn in the third quarter, slightly above analysts’ expectations of £1.8bn....
...Europe’s region-wide Stoxx 600 index held on to earlier gains, up 1.2 per cent....
...The Civil Aviation Authority said on Thursday it would allow the National Air Traffic Services to lift charges to about £2.08 a passenger per flight between 2023 and 2027 at its regulated business, which...
...Lay-offs held steady at 1.6mn, and new hires fell to 5.8mn from 5.9mn....
...Meanwhile, expectations for US growth are in the 1-2 per cent range — respectable, but hardly dazzling....
...For her Las Vegas shows, Ticketmaster prices for standard admission vary from $91 to $689. In other US cities, resale tickets are selling for several multiples of those amounts....
...than 0.08 per cent of our revenues,” Victoria added....
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