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...Economists had expected it to fall even further to 6.7 per cent, according to a poll by Reuters....
...One of the main culprits there is the brickmaking industry, with an estimated 7,000 kilns burning wood and coal. About 1,000 are around Dhaka....
...Whereas in April prices were 3.7 per cent higher than the same month in 2019, in May they were only 1.8 per cent higher....
...In the US, the number of deaths was predicted to hit 1.2 million....
...Shares in Toyota were down about 1 per cent in early trading in Tokyo, while Nissan’s stock was trading flat....
...That translated to a common equity tier one ratio of around 13 per cent, according to forecasts by RBC Capital, behind 15.7 per cent at the end of September....
...BT shares rose 3 per cent to 232.25p as a result. The telecoms company said that adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation rose 1 per cent to £1.8bn, driven by cost cuts....
...Hoshinoya, 1-9-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004 (hoshinoya.com). Sushi Kanesaka, 1-1-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005 (en.palacehoteltokyo.com/restaurant/sushi-kanesaka/)....
...Last year the bank produced $1.65 in the same period....
...Before you laugh (they lost the semi-final 7-1 to Germany), they were the bookmakers’ favourites too. World Cups are too random to predict....
...The trading operating profit margin in confectionery of 13.7 per cent compared with Nestlé’s overall margin of 15.3 per cent....
...Exane was also cautious on the wider utility sector where Centrica fell 2.5 per cent to 141.4p and SSE lost 1.5 per cent to £13.10....
...Global marker Brent crude dipped 0.9 per cent to $64.13 per barrel while US WTI fell by 0.6 per cent to $61.3....
...up +322.79 (+1.25%) at 26,116 Nasdaq up +74.59 (+1.03%) at 7,298 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -1.15 (-0.07%) at 1,565 FTSE100 down -30.50 (-0.39%) at 7,725 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 5,494...
...0.00 (0.00%) at 13,434 Currencies €/$ 1.22 (1.22) $/¥ 110.83 (110.76) £/$ 1.39 (1.38) €/£ 0.8813 (0.8844) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.21 at 68.82 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.16 at 63.53 100...
...iTraxx Xover +1.04bps at 232.96bp Markit CDX IG +0.19bps at 50.62bp Sources: FT, Bloomberg, Markit...
...It added Greggs to its “buy” list with a £13 target price, which lifted the shares 5.1 per cent to £11.74....
...225 down -232.22 (-1.18%) at 19,470 Topix down -17.46 (-1.08%) at 1,597 Hang Seng down -179.62 (-0.66%) at 27,165 US markets S&P 500 down -38.10 (-1.54%) at 2,430 DJIA down -274.14 (-1.24%) at 21,751 Nasdaq...
...Eon also reaffirmed its guidance for full-year 2017, with adjusted earnings before interest and taxes of €2.8bn-3.1bn and adjusted net income of €1.2-1.45bn....
...The New York Fed Empire State manufacturing index is due for release at 13:30 BST, with economists expecting it to rise from 5.2 in April to 7.0 this month....
...Gold, in contrast, is feeding off the funk, gaining 0.4 per cent to $1,232 an ounce....
...IHG said it has plans to add 232,000 more rooms to its current network of 767,000 as it presses ahead with expansion plans....
...FTSE100 up +22.67 (+0.31%) at 7,447 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 5,296 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 12,771 Currencies €/$ 1.12 (1.12) $/¥ 111.66 (111.83) £/$ 1.27 (1.27) €/£ 0.879 (0.8786) Commodities...
...0.69%) at 1,539 FTSE100 up +13.57 (+0.19%) at 7,248 CAC 40 up +71.42 (+1.35%) at 5,372 Dax up +119.94 (+0.96%) at 12,648 Currencies €/$ 1.10 (1.10) $/¥ 112.10 (112.45) £/$ 1.29 (1.29) €/£ 0.849 (0.8498)...
...Like-for-like sales growth at Costa Coffee fell to just 1.1 per cent in the 13 weeks to June 1, down from 2 per cent in the full year....
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