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...Non-executive director Charles Peal sold 267,049 shares at 770p each, leaving him with 499,301 shares, or 1.5 per cent of the company....
...Producer prices also increased by 2.5 per cent in the month compared to September, the NBS said....
...While there were some delays to vaccinations because of winter storms last week — causing the seven-day average of vaccinations to fall to 1.46m as of February 17 — the Biden administration is on track to...
...“We are ready to strike a deal with anyone,” he says, including progressive Democrats such as Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez....
...Despite the pandemic, foreign direct investment disbursements are down only 2 per cent in the year to November, at $17.2bn, according to Vietnam’s General Statistics Office....
...Paolo DybalaUncommon goalscorer 1 Schmeichel (Denmark); 2 Daniels (England); 3 Chiellini (Italy); 4 Mata (Spain); 5 Hummels (Germany); 6 Balogun (Nigeria); 7 Cantona (France); 8 Gnabry (Germany); 9 Dybala...
...Meanwhile similar, more fragmentary remains have been found at another site on Flores — Mata Menge — dating from about 700,000 years ago, suggesting that the “hobbit’s” lineage ran deep on the island....
...As a graduate student, Ord calculated that as a career academic he had the potential to earn about $2.5m....
...12bp at 2.17 per cent....
...US West Texas Intermediate was 4.2 per cent weaker in late trade at $67.71. The firm dollar helped push gold down $3 to $1,301 an ounce....
...The first $50bn of Chinese imports into the US is equivalent to only 0.2 per cent of US GDP in 2017; the next $400bn against China would take the total to 2.2 per cent; and the tariffs on global auto imports...
...Markets at 0800 GMT Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +322.80 (+1.47%) at 22,351 Topix up +17.70 (+1.01%) at 1,762 Hang Seng up +219.75 (+0.76%) at 29,071 US markets S&P 500 down -14.25 (-0.55%) at 2,565 DJIA...
...up 17.7 per cent from the year before....
...(+0.22%) at 1,472 FTSE100 up +24.41 (+0.33%) at 7,407 CAC 40 down -2.26 (-0.04%) at 5,113 Dax up +6.53 (+0.05%) at 12,181 Currencies €/$ 1.18 (1.18) $/¥ 109.63 (109.54) £/$ 1.28 (1.28) €/£ 0.9207 (0.9216...
...(+0.23%) at 1,509 FTSE100 down -9.35 (-0.13%) at 7,301 CAC 40 down -14.16 (-0.27%) at 5,267 Dax up +2.46 (+0.02%) at 12,595 Currencies €/$ 1.18 (1.18) $/¥ 111.59 (111.72) £/$ 1.35 (1.35) €/£ 0.8786 (0.8795...
...Marks and Spencer lost 4.7 per cent to 351.8p and Kingfisher faded 2.8 per cent to 301.5p....
...-0.11%) at 1,548 FTSE100 up +3.43 (+0.05%) at 7,301 CAC 40 down -49.45 (-0.91%) at 5,383 Dax down -22.34 (-0.18%) at 12,695 Currencies €/$ 1.09 (1.09) $/¥ 113.32 (113.21) £/$ 1.29 (1.29) €/£ 0.8433 (0.8439...
...(+0.04%) at 1,528 FTSE100 down -15.52 (-0.21%) at 7,235 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 5,301 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 12,528 Currencies €/$ 1.09 (1.09) $/¥ 112.75 (112.73) £/$ 1.29 (1.29) €/£ 0.8468...
...That in turn sent shares in Wynn Resorts 1.28 per cent higher to $91.88, Las Vegas Sands climbed 1.23 per cent to $55.34, Melco Crown Entertainment rose 0.95 per cent to $17.03 while MGM Resorts rose 2.16...
...) £/$ 1.21 (1.22) €/£ 0.8725 (0.8693) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.16 at 55.10 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.10 at 52.06 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +0.80 at 1,184 Copper (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 2.53...
...Markets at 07:59 Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -209.23 (-1.26%) at 16,405 Topix down -13.63 (-1.04%) at 1,301 Hang Seng up +148.61 (+0.64%) at 23,339 US markets S&P 500 down -1.25 (-0.06%) at 2,126 DJIA...
...-0.15bps at 25.36bp Markit iTraxx Europe -0.59bps at 70.68bp Markit iTraxx Xover -2.76bps at 301.9bp Markit CDX IG -0.71bps at 73.91bp Sources: FT, Bloomberg, Markit...
...Markets Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -398.93 (-2.43%) at 16,017 Topix down -37.48 (-2.80%) at 1,301 Hang Seng down -344.15 (-1.82%) at 18,542 US markets S&P 500 down -22.00 (-1.17%) at 1,859 DJIA down...
...Pfizer shares fell 2.7 per cent to $31.33 while shares in Allergan fell 3.6 per cent to $301.70....
...100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +13.80 at 1,209 Copper (Comex) down -0.02 at 2.01 10-year government bond yields (%) US 1.67% UK 1.42% Germany 0.20% CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe -4.21bps...
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