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...The latest research revealed 17 pregnant women and four babies died of Covid between May and October 2021, while only 4 per cent of the 1,436 pregnant women admitted to hospital with Covid had been vaccinated...
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...(+0.08%) at 1,592 Hang Seng down -144.14 (-0.52%) at 27,597 US markets S&P 500 down -18.70 (-0.76%) at 2,458 DJIA down -234.25 (-1.07%) at 21,753 Nasdaq down -59.76 (-0.93%) at 6,376 European markets...
...bond yields (%) US 2.17% Germany 0.28% CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe at 19.9bp Markit iTraxx Europe -0.62bps at 61.8bp Markit iTraxx Xover -2.51bps at 247.91bp Markit CDX IG -0.65bps...
...-17.94bps at 272.6bp Markit CDX IG -2.87bps at 64.28bp Sources: FT, Bloomberg, Markit...
...Intraday US index futures suggest the S&P 500 will shed 6 points to 2,376, when trading gets under way later in New York....
...(+6.72%) at 17,344 Topix up +75.19 (+5.78%) at 1,376 Hang Seng up +460.53 (+2.05%) at 22,876 US markets S&P 500 up +23.70 (+1.11%) at 2,163 DJIA up +256.95 (+1.40%) at 18,590 Nasdaq up +57.58 (+1.11%)...
...Shares in Dollar General advanced more than 10.5 per cent to $83.21 after the retailer said profits climbed to $376.2m, or $1.30 a share, compared with $355.4m, or $1.17 a share, in the year ago period....
...ConocoPhillips on Thursday cut its planned spending by a further 17 per cent from the plans it set out in December....
...(+0.17%) at 16,016 Nasdaq down -11.47 (-0.26%) at 4,477 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -11.60 (-0.90%) at 1,282 FTSE100 down -10.56 (-0.18%) at 5,769 CAC 40 down -105.92 (-2.48%) at 4,166 Dax down...
...Kingfisher, which owns rival DIY chain B&Q, fell 4.2 per cent to 351.1p, while plumbing supplies group Wolseley fell 1.9 per cent to £37.30....
...A profit warning meant catalogue retailer N Brown lost 17.1 per cent to 338.9p....
...The stock was 2.5 per cent higher at 376.3p. BG Group was in second place, up 2.2 per cent at 837.3p....
...2,023 DJIA down -27.16 (-0.15%) at 17,614 Nasdaq down -3.21 (-0.07%) at 4,661 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +18.67 (+1.38%) at 1,376 FTSE100 up +40.78 (+0.63%) at 6,542 CAC 40 up +62.04 (+1.47%) at...
...Unilever lost 2.4 per cent to £26.19 while Reckitt Benckiser fell 1.9 per cent to £52.90 in spite of an upbeat presentation to a Merrill Lynch meeting....
...Unilever lost 2.4 per cent to £26.19 while Reckitt Benckiser fell 1.9 per cent to £52.90 in spite of its own upbeat presentation to a Merrill Lynch meeting....
...European markets Eurofirst 300 up +1.94 (+0.14%) at 1,376 FTSE100 up +2.81 (+0.04%) at 6,798 CAC 40 up +6.80 (+0.16%) at 4,376 Dax up +19.23 (+0.20%) at 9,754 Currencies €/$ 1.35 (1.35) $/¥ 101.51 (101.47...
...Hang Seng up +93.48 (+0.41%) at 23,117 ASX 200 up +54.58 (+1.04%) at 5,326 US markets S&P 500 up +24.00 (+1.29%) at 1,887 DJIA up +263.17 (+1.63%) at 16,380 Nasdaq up +41.05 (+0.97%) at 4,258 European...
...Hang Seng up +328.44 (+1.33%) at 25,077 ASX 200 up +4.39 (+0.08%) at 5,663 US markets S&P 500 down -1.09 (-0.05%) at 2,002 DJIA down -30.89 (-0.18%) at 17,068 Nasdaq up +17.92 (+0.39%) at 4,598 European...
...Tesco ended 1.5 per cent lower at 318.7p and Sainsbury lost 2 per cent to 348.9p....
...-0.17% at 5,841 Currencies €/$ 1.33 (1.33) $/¥ 98.90 (99.34) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) down -2.03 at 109.67 Light Crude (Nymex) down -1.44 at 106.77 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +5.70 at 1,314...
...(+0.12%) at 14,405 Topix up +0.92 (+0.08%) at 1,185 Hang Seng up +266.75 (+1.16%) at 23,182 US markets S&P 500 up +4.57 (+0.27%) at 1,688 DJIA up +75.42 (+0.49%) at 15,376 Nasdaq up +6.22 (+0.17%) at 3,722...
...100 Oz Gold (Comex) down -8.20 at 1,410 Copper (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 3.30 10-year government bond yields (%) US 2.78% UK 2.84% Germany 1.88% CDS (closing levels) Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe...
...-21.00 (-0.51%) at 4,093 Dax down -61.83 (-0.73%) at 8,376 Currencies €/$ 1.33 (1.33) $/¥ 97.57 (97.47) £/$ 1.56 (1.56) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.12 at 109.72 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.03...
...Europe FTSE up -0.54% at 6,408 RTS down -0.83% at 1,376 Warsaw Wig up +0.29% at 43,610 FTSE 300 Eurotop down -0.67% at 1,193 Americas DJIA up +0.17% at 14,701 S&P 500 up +0.40% at 1,585 Bovespa down -...
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