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...Under Truss’s proposals to the transferable marriage allowance, a basic rate taxpayer could be significantly better off with a tax break worth up to £2,644 a year....
...But Synerpa, a union representing private care home staff, said it expected only 1 to 2 per cent of the 300,000 to 350,000 employees it represented to be suspended in total....
...Key numbers: 1.4 per cent group like for like revenue growth; 4.7 per cent group organic revenue growth year to date; 644 accommodation rooms opened in 2018....
...The company said the front order book has grown 16 per cent to £1.3bn from the same period last year....
...Yet many migrants are young and childless when they arrive in the UK, like Patricia Paredes Jaramillio and Julian Marin Munoz, who I met last week in south London....
...Aluminium for three-month delivery on the London Metal Exchange rose 0.7 per cent to $1,644 a tonne, while lead added 1.7 per cent to $1,718 a tonne....
.../$ 1.10 (1.11) $/¥ 123.52 (123.55) £/$ 1.56 (1.56) €/£ 0.7078 (0.7082) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.16 at 53.14 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.15 at 47.83 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at...
...(FT) Markets data 05:23 BST Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +39.31 (+0.19%) at 20,242 Topix down -2.90 (-0.18%) at 1,644 Hang Seng up +394.55 (+1.43%) at 27,918 US markets S&P 500: +0.23% at 2,131 DJIA up...
...The Nasdaq Composite index was 2.1 per cent higher at 4,644.31....
...The S&P 500 fell 1.62 per cent to 2,002.33, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1.79 per cent at 17,280.83. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite declined 1.16 per cent to 4,653.60....
...government bond yields (%) US 2.48% UK 2.57% Germany 1.15% CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe -0.08bps at 34.39bp Markit iTraxx Europe +1.3bps at 61.45bp Markit iTraxx Xover +6.05bps...
...The stock rose 2.5 per cent to £24.91. HSBC took confirmation of its payment of a record $1.9bn fine to US regulators to settle money laundering allegations in its stride....
...Emerging Markets MSCI Emerging Market Index down -1.16% at 1,043 Europe FTSE down -1.20% at 5,768 RTS down -2.28% at 1,644 Warsaw Wig down -1.03% at 41,037 FTSE 300 Eurotop down -0.98% at 1,062 Americas...
...The company posted first quarter net profit of $1.59bn or $2.37 per share, up from $1.23bn or $1.84 per share a year ago. Analysts’ were projecting a figure around $2.13 per share....
...Gold managed to detach from its often close correlation with broader market optimism, rising 0.7 per cent to $1,644 an ounce. Meanwhile, US 10-year bond yields remained below 2 per cent....
...And there’s still the matter of inflation, which could hit 16 per cent this year. A tough year or two ahead. Related reading: Nigeria: No. 1 in Africa by 2014?...
...Apple stock has dropped more than 12 per cent since peaking at a record $644 this month....
...11,644 Nasdaq up +47.61 (+1.82%) at 2,668 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +9.15 (+0.95%) at 975.52 FTSE100 up +62.98 (+1.17%) at 5,466 CAC 40 up +30.95 (+0.97%) at 3,218 Dax up +52.36 (+0.89%) at 5,967...
...Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +125.61 (+1.50%) at 8,509 Topix up +10.26 (+1.41%) at 736.51 Hang Seng up +700.96 (+4.31%) at 16,951 US markets S&P 500 up +20.08 (+1.79%) at 1,144 DJIA up +131.24 (+1.21%) at...
...at 761.18 Hang Seng up +1.45% at 18,769 Shanghai Composite up +0.18% at 2,436 MSCI Asia ex-Japan up +1.57% at 475.16 S&P CNX Nifty Index up +0.47% at 5,156 Currencies €/$ 1.39 (1.39) $/¥ 77.22 (77.10)...
...at 736.51 Hang Seng up +4.31% at 16,951 Shanghai Composite down -0.26% at 2,359 MSCI Asia ex-Japan up +3.39% at 430.23 S&P CNX Nifty Index down -0.44% at 4,751 Currencies €/$ 1.33 (1.34) $/¥ 76.73 (76.76...
...Assets under management reached $644.9bn at September 30, up 23.2 per cent on the previous year....
...Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -211.31 (-2.29%) at 9,015 Topix down -16.83 (-2.02%) at 818.09 Hang Seng down -275.96 (-1.29%) at 21,126 US markets S&P 500 down -12.67 (-1.15%) at 1,092 DJIA down -107.24...
...The FTSE 100 ended 2.73 points lower, or less than 0.1 per cent, at 5,675.16. The flat performance left the index 1.1 per cent lower for the week, its first weekly decline in four....
...Shares in the builders’ merchant rose 1.2 per cent to £16.01 after Credit Suisse started coverage with an “outperform” rating and £18.55 target price....
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