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...But that’s cherry-picking — you could have made 1,200 per cent on Apple stock. But the good times may be ending for luxury investor-buyers....
...About 53,322 people were in US hospitals with coronavirus on Thursday, a three-month high, with 17 states reporting a record level of such patients, the highest number of states since late April....
...The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury fell as much as 6.9 basis points to 2.322 per cent, according to Refinitiv pricing, the lowest since December 2017....
...The S&P 500 struggled for direction for most of the session and ended 0.04 per cent lower at 2,926.17, having closed at a record on Tuesday....
...The portfolio against which the bonds are secured increased in value from £235m to £275m in March, taking them to 2.12 times the value of the bonds....
...Daikanyama T-Site, 17-5 Sarugakucho, Shibuya-Ku, 150-0033 (+813-3770 2525). Shibuya Hikarie, 2-21-1 Shibuya, Shibuya-Ku, 150-8510 (+813-5468 5892; hikarie.jp)....
...More than 1,400 people will enrol in “levy-friendly” MBA courses this year alone, according to the poll by TES, the Times Educational Supplement....
...Yet the IMF has downgraded its forecast for Nigerian economic growth this year from 2.1 per cent to a sluggish 1.9 per cent....
...Commodities Brent oil settled at $74.00 a barrel, up 0.2 per cent, after spending the day swinging between $73.17 and $74.19....
...Its alumni have an average salary of $322,000, a 68 per cent increase on the pre-EMBA salary....
...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...
...at 64.03 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,338 Copper (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 3.17 10-year government bond yields (%) US 2.59% Germany 0.58% CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx Europe -0.03bps...
...(-0.15%) at 1,598 Hang Seng down -60.70 (-0.22%) at 27,803 US markets S&P 500 up +1.19 (+0.05%) at 2,444 DJIA down -5.27 (-0.02%) at 21,808 Nasdaq up +17.37 (+0.28%) at 6,283 European markets Eurofirst...
...up +8.84 (+0.04%) at 21,183 Nasdaq up +24.38 (+0.39%) at 6,322 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -0.63 (-0.04%) at 1,529 FTSE100 down -28.64 (-0.38%) at 7,450 CAC 40 up +11.17 (+0.21%) at 5,275 Dax unchanged...
...As a result, it reported a full-year loss before tax of £17.4m, after booking exceptional costs of £17.0m....
...In the broader market, the Nasdaq Composite briefly hit an intraday record high in early trading in New York before paring back to trade 0.2 per cent lower at 5,322.29 by midday....
...Hikma is the biggest riser on the blue-chip index this morning, up 4.1 per cent at publication time, followed by miners BHP Billiton (2.7 per cent), Rio Tinto (2.2 per cent) and Anglo American (2.2 per cent...
...100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,322 Copper (Comex) down 0.00 at 2.15 10-year government bond yields (%) US 1.71% Germany 0.04% CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe -0.66bps at...
...) at 17,236 Topix up +13.60 (+1.00%) at 1,371 Hang Seng up +108.56 (+0.47%) at 23,414 US markets S&P 500 up +4.69 (+0.22%) at 2,144 DJIA up +40.68 (+0.22%) at 18,203 Nasdaq unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 5,246...
...Markets at 08:06 Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +66.50 (+0.40%) at 16,636 Topix down -0.91 (-0.07%) at 1,322 Hang Seng up +237.77 (+1.09%) at 22,129 US markets S&P 500 down -2.76 (-0.13%) at 2,171 DJIA down...
...The weaker dollar helped gold edge up $4 to $1,322 an ounce, its first advance in six sessions....
...Despite the bad spell, over five years the screen has delivered a strong 134 per cent total return or 123 per cent if a notional 1 per cent yearly charge is factored in....
...The yellow metal hit a two-year high of $1,358 an ounce during the post-Brexit poll funk, only to fall back as nerves eased. It is currently up $10 to $1,322 an ounce....
...However, overall profits were down 17.2 per cent to €2.1bn, which the group blamed on asset impairments. Revenue was €36.7bn, down 5.7 per cent....
...Markets at 08:04 Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +281.78 (+1.72%) at 16,665 Topix up +14.73 (+1.13%) at 1,322 Hang Seng down -38.85 (-0.18%) at 22,091 US markets S&P 500 up +0.70 (+0.03%) at 2,169 DJIA down...
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