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...Walkouts by the RMT on March 18 and 30 and April 1 are set to go ahead, however, as it remains in dispute with train-operating companies....
...Britain’s 10-year bond yield rose by a similar margin to 3.5 per cent. The volatility in the bond market also rippled into equities, with the European Stoxx 600 falling 1.8 per cent....
...Adjusted Ebit profit margins have fallen to just above break-even at 1.3 per cent, down from 5.9 per cent....
...The figures showed that 934,142 additional doses were reported on Thursday. That lifted the seven-day average of reported vaccinations to 1.14m doses per day, up from a recent low of about 938,000....
...The most up-to-date daily total showed 1,142 had been hospitalised, with 9,206 taken in over the previous seven days — a reduction of more than 20 per cent over the week....
...First, the recovery from the pandemic — aided by President Biden’s $1.9tn fiscal boost — will raise aggregate demand and hence profits: the OECD expects GDP growth of 6.5 per cent this year, the strongest...
...With our base case now reflecting a recession, we lower our 2020 base case S&P 500 EPS to $142 (-13%) and bear case to $130 (-20%)....
...GVC was the one with the reputation for successful M&A execution, cemented by the online-focused group’s acquisition of Ladbrokes Coral about 18 months ago....
.... £1,195, galvanlondon.com The one artist whose work I would collect if I could is Lyonel Feininger....
...up +142.88 (+0.55%) at 26,215 Nasdaq up +71.65 (+0.98%) at 7,408 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +5.36 (+0.34%) at 1,581 FTSE100 down -15.35 (-0.20%) at 7,715 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 5,542 Dax...
...The ranking has 18 criteria. Alumni responses inform nine criteria that together contribute 65 per cent of the total weight....
...unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 13,124 Currencies €/$ 1.18 (1.18) $/¥ 113.39 (113.55) £/$ 1.33 (1.33) €/£ 0.8823 (0.8821) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.62 at 65.31 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.39 at...
...Jeweller Graff Diamonds has acquired the Lesedi la Rona — at 1,109 carats, the world’s largest gem-quality rough diamond found in more than a century....
...FDI into the Middle East and Africa by project numbers decreased 11 per cent in 2016 to 1,131. Capital investment increased 60 per cent to $142.8bn....
...Selling out of Africa was one of the major decisions by Jes Staley after he became Barclays chief executive 18 months ago....
...Techs’ strong start for 2017 has spurred higher valuations with the sector trading at 18.1-times expected earnings over the next 12 months....
...Analysts expect interest rates to remain at 0.5 per cent, and ahead of the accompanying statement the Canadian dollar is 0.1 per cent softer at C$1.3336 per greenback....
...Topix up +9.59 (+0.65%) at 1,490 Hang Seng down -142.29 (-0.59%) at 24,131 US markets S&P 500 up +4.54 (+0.19%) at 2,357 DJIA up +14.80 (+0.07%) at 20,663 Nasdaq up +14.47 (+0.25%) at 5,879 European markets...
...Eurofirst 300 up +0.18 (+0.01%) at 1,501 FTSE100 up +16.56 (+0.23%) at 7,366 CAC 40 down -5.59 (-0.11%) at 5,102 Dax down -61.17 (-0.50%) at 12,139 Currencies €/$ 1.06 (1.06) $/¥ 109.50 (109.57) £/$ 1.25...
...Hang Seng down -338.61 (-1.49%) at 22,422 US markets S&P 500 up +13.34 (+0.59%) at 2,260 DJIA up +142.04 (+0.72%) at 19,757 Nasdaq up +27.14 (+0.50%) at 5,444 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +13.39...
...At the close of trading, the S&P 500 was unchaged at 2,126.15, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 0.1 per cent lower at 18,142.42 and the Nasdaq Composite was flat at 5,189.13....
...It comes after another major US index – the Dow Jones Industrial Average – rose more than 142 points, or 0.8 per cent to 18,638.14 to climb above the previous peak of 18,622.01 hit on July 20....
...Hang Seng up +272.76 (+1.19%) at 23,207 US markets S&P 500 down -0.26 (-0.01%) at 2,126 DJIA down -18.77 (-0.10%) at 18,142 Nasdaq down -0.97 (-0.02%) at 5,189 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -7.44...
...0.00 (0.00%) at 10,142 Currencies €/$ 1.10 (1.10) $/¥ 107.18 (106.84) £/$ 1.32 (1.32) €/£ 0.8336 (0.8336) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.26 at 47.43 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.26 at 46.01 100...
...80.19 (+0.44%) at 18,227 Nasdaq up +31.88 (+0.64%) at 4,989 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +19.47 (+1.50%) at 1,315 FTSE100 up +92.22 (+1.40%) at 6,683 CAC 40 up +11.55 (+0.27%) at 4,276 Dax up +10.85...
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