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...Gold on Monday was trading at $2,182 per troy ounce, after US jobs growth figures for December and January were downgraded sharply on Friday, adding further confidence to investors’ expectations of a rate...
...Defence spending in India, which has the world’s fourth-biggest military budget, rose 4 per cent to $84bn....
...By 2022, the two sectors held a total of 4.2 per cent of UK-listed shares — the lowest proportion jointly held by the two sectors on record....
...Meta: The Facebook parent is expected to show earnings almost doubled to $4.32 a share in the first quarter on revenue that is expected to have surged 26.2 per cent to $36.1bn thanks to a boost in advertising...
...that was forecast.Organic sales during the period rose 1.4 per cent, compared with analyst estimates of 2.9 per cent....
...It forecasts that the hit to GDP will treble to $2.5bn if the conflict continues until the end of this year, with a further decline of 4 to 9 per cent in 2024....
...The drop in wage growth expectations will support the view that the central bank will start reducing rates from a 16-year high of 5.25 per cent in the summer....
...While London was the worst performer, registering a 4.8 per cent annual contraction, Scotland was the best, recording a rise of 5.6 per cent....
...Core inflation, which strips out volatile energy and food prices, declined to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.5 per cent in February. Analysts had expected a decline to 4.1 per cent....
...Interest rate sensitive 2-year gilt yields dropped from 4.14 per cent ahead of the announcement to 4.12 per cent, down 0.11 percentage points on the day....
...UK inflation remained higher last month than in the eurozone, however, where it dropped to 2.4 per cent, also the lowest reading since 2021....
...Two-year gilt yields, which reflect interest rate expectations, were down 0.01 percentage points at 4.25 per cent. Sterling also nudged lower, falling 0.2 per cent against the dollar at $1.2696....
...The figure for November was also upgraded, by a more moderate 9,000 to 182,000....
...Revenues from equities trading, which analysts had expected to decline, were instead up 4 per cent at $2.8bn, though revenues from fixed income trading fell 4 per cent....
...The S&P is up 4.4 per cent since January while Germany’s Dax and France’s Cac 40 are both up about 6.6 per cent....
...Other Chinese companies that saw sharp rises included hotpot chain Haidilao, which rose 16.4 per cent, and private property developer Longfor, which added 13.9 per cent....
...Excluding the effects of regulatory credits, the gross margin from its automotive unit — a closely watched measure of its core operations — fell to 16.4 per cent for the quarter, down from 19 per cent a...
...The fund group forecast that gilts would deliver an average annual return of 3.7 per cent over the next decade, compared with 4.4 per cent for Italian government bonds and 2.2 per cent for German Bunds....
...It posted a 6.8 per cent rise in retail sales, excluding fuel, to £30.6bn for the year to March 2....
...In 2023 the company, which operates in 32 countries and also owns Carolina Herrera and Nina Ricci, reported record net revenues of €4.3bn and net profit of €465mn, up 16 per cent from the previous year....
...Pantherella cotton ribbed socks, £16. Bijouterie Lignon earrings, model’s own Louis Vuitton cotton short trench coat, £2,240, cotton sleeveless jacket, £1,745, and cotton sleeveless dress, £970....
...The latest gains followed a 16.4 per cent share price jump on Thursday, after the chipmaker’s quarterly results and new forecasts blew past analyst expectations....
...In Europe, 10-year German bond yields fell slightly to 2.906 per cent, close to last week’s 12-year high of 2.98 per cent....
...Headline inflation stood at 4 per cent in January, unchanged from December but well below a 42-year high of 11.1 per cent in October 2022....
...Economists polled by Reuters had expected a month-on-month rise of 0.3 per cent in March, and an annual increase of 2.4 per cent....
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