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...The trip included flights costing more than £1,000, a £714 airport transfer and accommodation worth £3,141....
...The S&P 500 was off 0.2 per cent to 2,714.16 taking its week-to-date slide to 0.5 per cent....
...0.00 (0.00%) at 12,714 Currencies €/$ 1.12 (1.12) $/¥ 110.34 (109.97) £/$ 1.27 (1.30) €/£ 0.8836 (0.8655) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.18 at 47.68 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.17 at 45.47...
...The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo leapt 6.7 per cent after sliding 5.4 per cent in the previous session, while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong rose 1.9 per cent....
...Markets Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -714.27 (-4.05%) at 16,931 Topix down -63.15 (-4.39%) at 1,376 Hang Seng down -675.13 (-3.19%) at 20,511 US markets S&P 500 down -49.57 (-2.57%) at 1,882 DJIA down...
...228.31 (+1.93%) at 12,039 Currencies €/$ 1.09 (1.09) $/¥ 119.08 (118.98) £/$ 1.52 (1.52) €/£ 0.714 (0.7142) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.83 at 64.00 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.76 at 56.23...
...The change may also have contributed to a rise in the number of asylum seekers in Georgia, from 714 people at the end of 2013 to 1,792 at the end of 2014, according to data from the Ministry of Internally...
...Average daily contract volume in the three months to March rose 1 per cent to 12.5m compared with the same period a year ago. In 2012, volumes fell 15 per cent year-on-year to 11.4m per day....
...Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,714...
...The FTSE Eurofirst 300 closed 0.9 per cent lower and gold prices are down $12 to $1,714 an ounce....
...at 1,360 DJIA up +45.93 (+0.37%) at 12,588 Nasdaq up +16.19 (+0.57%) at 2,853 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -11.19 (-1.04%) at 1,067 FTSE100 down -72.16 (-1.27%) at 5,606 CAC 40 down -40.88 (-1.21%...
...up +1.20% at 714.91 Hang Seng up +0.08% at 18,893 Shanghai Composite down -0.47% at 2,126 MSCI Asia ex-Japan up +0.21% at 399.46 S&P CNX Nifty Index down -1.30% at 5,043 Currencies €/$ 1.22 (1.22) $/¥...
...Credit Suisse cut BG Group to “neutral”, which sent the stock 2.1 per cent lower at £12.90....
...(Fortune) OVERNIGHT MARKETS: UP Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +159.01 (+1.86%) at 8,714 Topix up +12.53 (+1.73%) at 736.47 Hang Seng up +403.24 (+2.05%) at 20,069 US markets S&P 500 up +25.99 (+1.90%) at...
...from Kingway Brewery Holdings for as much as 4.5bn yuan ($714m), said people with knowledge of the matter, Bloomberg reports....
...12,209 Nasdaq up +87.96 (+3.32%) at 2,739 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +36.34 (+3.69%) at 1,020 FTSE100 up +160.58 (+2.89%) at 5,714 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 3,369 Dax up +321.77 (+5.35%) at...
...down -1.37% at 726.19 Hang Seng down -1.40% at 18,550 Shanghai Composite down -0.32% at 2,142 MSCI Asia ex-Japan down -1.18% at 460.93 S&P CNX Nifty Index down -0.75% at 4,714 Currencies €/$ 1.28 (1.28...
...MSCI Asia ex-Japan up +1.17% at 464.19 S&P CNX Nifty Index down -0.42% at 4,714 Currencies €/$ 1.31 (1.31) $/¥ 78.03 (78.16) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.06 at 107.83 Light Crude (Nymex) up +...
...Crude (Nymex) up +0.43 at 98.77 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +4.20 at 1,714...
...Emerging Markets MSCI Emerging Market Index down -0.89% at 957.61 Americas DJIA up +0.65% at 12,098 S&P 500 up +1.03% at 1,257 Bovespa up +1.77% at 58,910 Asia Nikkei 225 down -1.18% at 8,594 Topix down...
...The Hang Seng index fell 1.9 per cent over the five-day period to 22,714.85 – its second successive weekly decline – as investors opted to book profits ahead of the year-end....
...In Australia, BHP Billiton, the world’s biggest miner, led the drop by declining 4.1 per cent to A$33.80....
...Insurers were buoyed by the news, with MetLife picking up 12 per cent to $19.87 and Prudential lifting 9.4 per cent to $20.53....
...The current price/earnings multiple on the Shanghai Composite index is, for example, 18.4. This compares with the record high of 48.9 in August and the low of 12.9 in December....
...Gold fell 1.6 per cent to $719 a troy ounce after touching a low of $714.80, under pressure from dollar strength....
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